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48 Cards in this Set
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Repetition of initial letter in two or more words
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Alliterartion
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Casual reference to an historical or literary figure or event
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Allusion
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False assignment of an event, a person, a language...
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Anachronism
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A comparison of two things by which one unfamiliar object or idea is explained by comparing it with other familiar objects or ideas
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Analogy
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Opposite or strongly contrasting statements are balanced against each other for emphasis
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Antithesis
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Words addressed to an absent person, or to a thing or idea
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Apostrophe
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A remark made by a character in a play which is intended to be heard by the audience but not the majority of the characters on stage
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Aside
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Similarity of sound between vowels, (not perfect rhymes)
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Assonance
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Unrhymed verse, usually 5 stress lines - imabic pentameter
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Blank Verse
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Harsh or dissonant sounds deliberately used by writers, especially poets, to acheive a particular effect
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Cacophony
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(Latin = cutting) A break in the progress of verse. Used for emphasis or to reduce stiffness of formal patterns.
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Caesura
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A humourous scene introduced in the course of a serious work. Provides relief from emotional intensity & at the same time heightens the seriousness of the story
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Comic Relief
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An additional, suggested, or implied meaning of words
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Connotation
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Repeated identical consonant sounds
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Consonance
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A rhetorical device by which one element is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clearness.
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Contrast
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Two successive lines rhyming aa and containing with the two lines a complet independent statement
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Couplet
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The specific, exact meaning of a word, independant of its emotional colouration or associations.
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Denotation
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The use of words in oral or written form. The accurate, careful use of words through apt selections of specific words for a particular meaning to be conveyed.
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Diction
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Words or acts of a character carrying meaning unknown to him/her but understood by the audience
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Dramatic Irony
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The omission of part of a word for ease if pronunciation, to enhance rhythm or sound.
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Elision
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The device of continuing the sense and grammatical construction of a verse or couplet on into the next (one line wraps into the other)
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Enjambment
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Adjective or phrase highlighting a characteristic of a person or thing
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Epithet
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Pleasing, smooth sounds, usually produced by long vowels rather then consonants
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Euphony
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A character whose behavior and qualities set off or enhance (by contrast) those of another
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Foil
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An indication or hint of events that are to come
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Foreshadowing
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A human weakness which leads to the downfall of the hero.
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Hamatia
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Overweening pride which results in the misfortune of the protagonist of a trajedy
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Hubris
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Figure of speech containing an exaggerartion for emphasis
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Hyperbole
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Figurative language to enrich poetry or prose. It conveys images/appeals to the five senses
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Imagery
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Speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning
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Irony
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The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side by side for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspence or character development
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Juxaposition
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Recurring theme
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Leitmotif
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A figure of speech that is based on a comparison that is implied rather then directly or explicitly expressed (does not use a connective)
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Metaphor
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A recurring image or symbol
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Motif
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A just punishment (retributve justice)
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Nemesis
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A phrase bringing two incongrous and apparently contradictory terms together
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Oxymoron
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A statement that seems contradictory or absurd and yet is true
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Paradox
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Attributing human passion to inanimate things
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Pathetic Fallacy
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The portrayel of an incident in such a way as to arouse feelings of pity or sadness in thje reader or audience
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Pathos
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A figure of speech that endows animals, ideas, and inanimate objects with human form, personality of feelings.
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Personification
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A play on wors based on the similarity of souns between two words with different meanings
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Pun
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A figure of speech in which a comparison is explicit, recognizable by the use of like or as
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Simile
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A speech of a character in a play delivered while the speaker is alone.
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Solioquy
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A cutting shory of words thorugh the omission of a letter or syllable
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Syncope
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An object which represents something else. A concrete object which represents an abstract idea
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Symbol
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A form of metaphor in which the part mentioned signifies the whole
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Synecdoche
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A form of irony in which something is intentionally represented as less that it is in fact
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Understatement
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The appearance or semblance of truth and reality
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Verisimilitude
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