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26 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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the presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means. The typical allegory is a narrative that has at least two levels of meaning. the first is a surface reading; the second is a deeper level of meaning which the author intended
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Allusion
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a reference to a well known real or fictional person, place, or event
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analogy
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correspondence in some respect(s) BETWEEN THING OTHERWISE DISSIMILAR, or using one event or thing to represent another
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Anaphora
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a type of parallelism. it uses the EXACT REPETITION OR PHRASES at the beginning of successive lines or sentences
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Analysis
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the process of examining a text by looking at its parts and forming an opinion about the relationship between the parts and the whole
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Antithesis
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a rhetorical figure in which two ideas are directly opposed
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Aphorism
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a brief statement of a principle or a tersely phrased statement of trust or opinion ex. beauty in the eye of beholder
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apostrophe
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a figure of speech in which the speaker directly and often emotionally addressed a person who is DEAD OR NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT, an imaginary person or entity, something inhuman or a place or concept
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Caesura
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a pause in a line of poetry. This is dictated not by meter but by natural speaking rhythm
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context
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the relationships that affect a work, both within the work and between the work and external factors.
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internal
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ie blackbelt
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external
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ie jim crow laws
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Critisism
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a particular was of evaluating a text. literary criticism functions through genre, structural analysis and vaule judgement
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Dialect
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a regional variety of language distinguished from other varieties by PRONUNCIATION, GRAMMER, AND VOCABULARY
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Diction
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the choice and phrasing of words
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Didactic
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a term used to describe a piece of writing whose primary function is to instruct in some way. ie sermon
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Elegy
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a mournful poem or musical composition composed to lament one who is dead
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Epic
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an extended narrative poem such as "The Iliad" elebrating episodes of heroic tradition, TYPICALLY DEVELOPED BY ORAL COMPOSITION
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Epigraph
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short thematic quotation at the beginning of a work
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Figurative language
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the use of language that is meant to be taken imaginatively rather than literally
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Figures of Speech
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simile, personification, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, allegory, conceit and symbol engage figurative language
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Frame Story
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a story that contains another sotry or stories. usually, the frame story explains why the interior story or stories are being told ex. Hrear of darkness or the canterbury tales
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Genre
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literary subclass
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Gothic
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A GENRE OF ROMANCE LITERATURE popular during the 19th century, which invokes a medieval, supernatural theme. ex. poe and coleridge
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hyperbole
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a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration for effect
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Interior Monologue
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a mode of narrative intended to expose the reader to the thoughts, emotions and sensations of a character. it is a type of stream of consciousness
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