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20 Cards in this Set
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Oxymoron
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a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single expression – example: sweet sorrow, cold fire, jumbo shrimp
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Personification
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a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
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Plot
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the sequence of events or actions in a literary work
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Point of View
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the perspective from which the story is told
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Protagonist
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the central or main character in a literary work
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Repetition
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the deliberate use of any element of language more than once—sound, word, phrase or sentence
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Rising Action
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the events in a story that build tension and lead to the climax.
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Rhyme
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is the repetition of sound in two or more words
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End Rhyme
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occurs at the end of lines
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Internal Rhyme
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occurs within a line
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Slant Rhyme
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is approximate rhyme
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Rhyme Scheme
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is the pattern of end rhymes
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Sarcasm
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is the use of verbal irony in which a person appears to be praising something, but is actually insulting it.
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Setting
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is the time and place of a literary work in which the events take place.
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Shift
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is a change or movement in a piece that results from a realization or insight gained by the speaker or reader.
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Simile
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is a comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”
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Symbol
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any object, person, place or action that has both meaning in itself and that stands form something larger than itself, such as quality or an attitude, belief or value
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Syntax
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the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements of a sentence
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Theme
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is the central message of a literary work. It is not the same as subject, which can be expressed in a word or two; courage, survival, pride, etc. The theme is the idea the author want to convey about that subject. A literary work can have more than one theme. Themes are often not directly stated, but rather implied.
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Tone
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is the writer’s or speaker’s attitude towards a subject, character or audience. It is conveyed through the author’s choice of words and detail.
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