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48 Cards in this Set

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