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85 Cards in this Set
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Prose
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ordinary language, not poetry
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story
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narration; fictitious-- shorter than a novel
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lecture
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an informative talk to a group
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novel
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fairly long fictitious prose narrative-- complex plot
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fiction
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imaginary story-characters-events
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nonfiction
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factual story- characters-events
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biography
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an account of a persons life written by another
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autobiography
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an account of a persons life written by them
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Sermon
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a speech on religion or morals-serious
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comedy
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a humorous play with a non tragic ending
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Tragedy
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a serious play with a unhappy ending
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play
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a dramatic composition- dialogue
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drama
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a literary composition to be performed on stage
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episode
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any part of a novel, poem complete in itself- incident-series
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Epithet
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a word or phrase characterizing a person or thing
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epitaph
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an inscription on a tomb
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literature
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all the writings of a particular time, country excellence of form
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Contemporary
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living in the same period
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classic
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of ancient greeks, romans, traditional and formed
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character
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a person in a play or novel- has personality and qualities
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Protagonist
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the main character
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antagonist
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adversary or opponent
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hero
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central male character
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villain
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person guilty of evil deeds
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adversary
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opponent
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melodrama
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drama with sensational action- emotions- happy ending good will
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caricature
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distorted imitating of a person-exaggerated for satirical effect
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Content
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all that is expressed in the writing
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mood
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the feeling and state of mind of writing
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tone
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a manner of expression showing a certain attitude
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Moral
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a lesson taught by a fable
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fable
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fictitious story about animals, used to teach a lesson, myth, or ledgend
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motive
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a reason for acting
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setting
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time place environment for story-physical surroundings
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plot
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plan or action of literary work
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climax
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the final element in a series of events progressively increasing in intensity
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crisis
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crucial situation
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turning point
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when change effects protagonist
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denouement
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outcome or unraveling of the plot
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theme
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main idea of a composition or writing
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style
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the manner if expression
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dialogue
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conversation
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monologue
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one character speaks
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slang
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vigorous, colloquial language- short lived
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interpret
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discuss, offer opinion on work through literary tools
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literal translation
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exact word for word meaning
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paraphrase
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to give the meaning of something spoken or written, not in the same words
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satire
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literary work in which vices or follies are held up to ridicule
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paradox
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a statement that appears contradictory, but has an element of truth
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Irony
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intent expressed and/or words used that carry opposite meaning
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hypocrisy
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pretending to be something one is not or pretending to believe what one does not
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sarcasm
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cutting remark
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soliloquy
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a character speaks alone (thinking out loud)
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Allegory
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a story in witch characters and/or events and environment represent something else
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Poetry
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a patterned form of verbal or written expression of ideas in a concentrated imaginative and rhythmical terms
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meter
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patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry
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foot
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unit if meter (one stressed syllable and one unstressed)
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Verse forms
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based on meter and rhyme
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Rhymed verse
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verse that contains end rhyme and regular meter
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blank verse
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lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme
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Free verse
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lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme
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Rhyme
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similarity in likeness of sound existing between 2 words
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End rhyme
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similarity at the end of two or more lines of a verse
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internal rhyme
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similarity occurring between 2 or more words in the same line
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alliteration
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repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in the same line of a verse
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onomatopoeia
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use of words to represent or imitate natural sounds
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Assonance
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repetition of similarity of vowel sounds in two or more words
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Consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds; similar to alliteration but not limited to initial sound
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Refrain
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repetition of one or more phrases r lines at intervals in a poem, usually at ends as a chorus
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Repetition
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reiterating a word or phrase in a poem
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Figure of speech
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expression in witch the words are used in non-literal sense to present a figure, picture or image
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simile
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direct or explicit comparison between 2 usually unrelated things using like or as
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Metaphor
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implied comparison between 2 usually unrelated things without using like or as
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Personification
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giving human characteristics to inanimate objects ideas or animals
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synecdoche
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mentioning part of something to represent the whole (hands meaning sailors)
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Metonymy
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substitution of word with an object for another word closely associated with it
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and not to be taken literally
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litotes
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understatement achieved by saying the opposite of what one means or making affirmation by stating fact in the negative
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antithesis
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balancing or contrasting of one term against another
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apostrophe
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addressing of someone or something, usually not present, as though present
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symbol
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word or image that signifies something other than what is literally represented
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stanza
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division of a poem based on thought or form (known by the number of lines they contain)
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couplet
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2 lines of a verse that rhyme
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quatrain
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4 lines of a verse that rhyme
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Heroic triplet
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2 successive rhyming verses that contain a complete thought within 2 lines, iambic pentameter
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