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24 Cards in this Set
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repetition of initial sounds in several words
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Alliteration
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a reference to some event, piece of art, or other well-known thing that exists outside of the world or focus of the text
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Allusion
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repetition of word or phrase at the beginning of two or more lines of poetry or two or more sentences in prose
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Anaphora
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a form of direct address in poetry: "O Sun!" or "Beauty, you goddess"
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Apostrophe
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an interruption of a line of poetry using punctation (dash, period, etc.)
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Caesura
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a listing of several items or ideas in a poem or prose sentence
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Catalog
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emotions associated with words
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Connotation
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the dictionary definitions of words
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Denotation
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a character who changes significantly over the course of a literary work
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Dynamic Character
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when the audience or reader knows more than the characters
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Dramatic Irony
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when a thought or sentence is continued from one line to the next, or from one stanza to the next, in poetry
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Enjambment
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an extreme exaggeration: "I'm STARVING" or "I'll DIE if I fail this quiz"
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Hyperbole
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a rhyme where both rhyming words occur in one line of poetry
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Internal Rhyme
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stated -- direct comparison of two unlike things ("her eyes are stars")
implied -- direct comparison of two unlike things without saying "is" extended -- the metaphor occurs over several lines of poetry |
Metaphor (3 types)
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object, image, word, or phrase repeated as a pattern in a work of literature; THEME
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Motif
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words that sound like the sounds they represent (buzz, hiss, gurgle)
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Onomatopoeia
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an expression using contradictory words
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Oxymoron
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repetition of syntax for a literary effect (anaphora is a form of parallelism, though parallelism usually means a whole sentence's structure is repeated, not just an initial word or phrase)
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Parallelism
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the technique of giving human qualities to non-human things
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Personification
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comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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Simile
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rhyme that occurs when the ending consonant sounds in pairs or groups of words rhyme, but the vowel sounds of the words do not
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Slant Rhyme
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a character who does not change over the course of a text
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Static Character
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something that sounds for something else (usually an abstract idea)
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Symbol
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the use of one sense to describe another sensory experience ("a blue note of jazz" or "the basement smelled of darkness"
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Synaesthesia
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