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8 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride or self-confidence |
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Hamartia |
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine |
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Pathos |
A quality that evokes feelings of sadness or pity |
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Catharsis |
The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions |
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Catastrophe |
An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster |
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Polysyndeton |
Technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed |
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Apposition |
A relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent (e.g. the first US president, George Washington) |
