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50 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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is a symbolic representation
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Allusion
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reference from culture
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Ambiguity
*ambiguous |
taken 1+ ways
(like good can be interpreted as useful/functional) |
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Anachronism
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sticking something in the wrong time period.. like a clock in the Ice Age.
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Analogy
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comparison, similarity (to show how it is are alike)
not a metaphor/simile http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/f/qanalogy07.htm |
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Anecdote
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short fun story (wtf)
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Aphorism
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statement of life
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Apostrophe
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talking to things not there
(NOT NECESSARILY DEAD) like a doll/idea or person not there.. O Captain! My Captain! "Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me~" |
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Archetype
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An ideal example of a type
prototype |
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Attitude
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judgments
dislike/like for something; they can be positive/negative or ambivalent (both) |
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Begging the question
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fallacy
assumes what should be proving It begs the questions, (1) how did he do it, and (2) why? |
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Characterization
there's Direct and Indirect |
Direct: what characteristics?
She had dirt brown hair etc... Indirect: revealed by actions and reactions |
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Colloquialism
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informal speech
"you're" slang is "Y'all".. l33t lol |
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Connotation
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emotion to a word/phrase
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Cynicism
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negative guy
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Denotation
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dictionary meaning
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Diction
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choice of words
"nice diction" |
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Dynamic character
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big internal changes in story for that character
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ethos
pathos logos |
ethics - authority
feelings logic - reasons.. all persuasion |
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Euphemism
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less offensive expression
ex: pass away |
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Explication
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detailed explanation to make explicit/clear
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Figurative language
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images
http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/figurative_language.htm |
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Flat Character
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not much characterization
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Foil
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character contrast w/ another
__ is a foil to __ |
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frame story
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A narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales.
like an anime, basically |
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What genre is that?
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* Autobiography, Memoir, Spiritual autobiography
* Biography * Diaries and Journals * Erotic literature * Essay * Fable, Fairy tale, Folklore * Fiction o Adventure novel o Comic novel o Crime fiction + Detective fiction o Fantasy (for more details see Fantasy subgenres; fantasy literature) o Gothic fiction (initially synonymous with horror) o Historical fiction o Holocaust o Horror o Medical novel o Mystery fiction o Philosophical novel o Political fiction o Romance novel + Historical romance o Saga, Family Saga o Satire o Science fiction (for more details see Science fiction genre) o Slave narrative o Stream of conciousness o Thriller + Conspiracy fiction + Legal thriller + Psychological thriller + Spy fiction/Political thriller o Tragedy * Short Story * Thoughts, Proverbs |
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I nearly died laughing
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Hyperbole exaggerated statement
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Irony
dramatic situational verbal |
1) audience knows
2) what's expected doesn't happen 3) says one thing means other |
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Jargon
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for specific activity
like..medical jargon.. masticate (chew) jargon is not slang, words are true |
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Litotes
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deny opposite
She's not unattractive |
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Lyric
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poem line personal feelings of speaker
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Memoir
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autobiography
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metonymy
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calling king crown
and car wheels |
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nadir
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lowest point of person's spirit
or below you |
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narrator
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entity w/in story
narrator is not the author like in satire |
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Oxymoron
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combining opposite/contradicting terms
oxymoron is an oxymoron sweet sorrow |
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Parable
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short story that has a point
Fable is the same but uses animals btw.. again Anecdote of the chair (short story) |
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Paradox
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true but false (ahah!)
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Parody
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imitation
mocking |
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Point of view
1st 3rd Omni Objective |
I, we
she, he, they all knowing impersonal |
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Refutation
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prove wrong
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Static character
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is static
......no change |
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Round character
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is fat.. cause of all the characterizing
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Satire
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needs to want to bring a change.. it ridicules the shortcomings
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Soliloquy
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long speech to no one
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Stream of consciousness
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portrays inner working of mind
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Style
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way of rhetoric
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Syllogism
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logical agruement
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Synecdoche
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part represents whole
capital spoke as gov |
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Tone
Mood |
Attitude of writer
what's the emotional environment created? |