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1st literary terms Flashcards

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Protagonist

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Main character, hero, heroine

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Rhetoric

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Art of using words effectively

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Understatement

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a for of irony where the author intentionally understates the facts

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Allusion

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Reference, without explanation, to previous, well known literature He was my goliath

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Language

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the style of a sentence and vocabulary used in conversation and written communication Slang, formal, didactic

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Ambiguity

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Having more than one meaning, used in verbal, written, and nonverbal communication

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personification

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Giving human like qualities are given to inanimate objects,or ideas

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Symbol

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A word or object that stands for something else

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Any combination of subject and verb which makes a complete sentence

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Clause

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Giving human like qualities are given to inanimate objects,or ideas

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personification

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Hyperbole

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Use of extreme exaggeration

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Reference, without explanation, to previous, well known literature He was my goliath

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Allusion

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Clause

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Any combination of subject and verb which makes a complete sentence

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Inference

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To conclude by reason an idea, attitude, tone which is not directly stated by the author

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Figure of Speech

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Uses of language which depart from customary construction metaphors similes etc

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The author’s or speaker’s feeling toward the subject

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Attitude

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The emotional feeling of the piece, TONE FOR SETTING

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Mood/atmosphere

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Analogy

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A comparison between two things in which the more complex is explained in simpler terms

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The moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character’s actions rather than his own thought or emotion

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Ethos

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writing that explains or analyzes

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Expository writing

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Verbal irony

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The actual intent is the opposite of what is said(Sarcasm)

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Word, Sound Phrase, idea

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Repetition

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Elements of language, tone, syntax, attitude, etc

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Stylistic Devices

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Editorial

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newspaper or magazine article expressing opinion of an editor or publisher

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Imagery

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Creation of mental pictures by specific word choice and heightened description

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words Crazily Calling the cat

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Alliteration

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the style of a sentence and vocabulary used in conversation and written communication Slang, formal, didactic

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Language

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Direct comparison of unlike things without using the words like or as

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Metaphor

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Literary theft

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Plagiarism

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Surrounding feelings and associations added to word meaning Mother- kindly, self-sacrificing, nurturing women

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Connotation

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framework on which the story is based

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Plot

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Objective

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A tone of fairness and even discussion of a subject, it usually suggests that there is distance between the author and the subject being discussed.

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A word or object that stands for something else

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Symbol

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A comparison between two things in which the more complex is explained in simpler terms

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Analogy

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Pathos

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The quality in something which arouses pity, sympathy, sorrow, etc

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A main or indépendant clause makes a complete statement and can stand alone as a sentence

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Independent Clause

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Irony

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A recognition of reality different from the appearance

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Creation of mental pictures by specific word choice and heightened description

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Imagery

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The actual intent is the opposite of what is said(Sarcasm)

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Verbal irony

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Stylistic Devices

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Elements of language, tone, syntax, attitude, etc

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The coordination of sentence syntax word order and ideas used for effect and emphasis

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Parallelism

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Main character, hero, heroine

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Protagonist

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Ethos

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The moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character’s actions rather than his own thought or emotion

41
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Uses of language which depart from customary construction metaphors similes etc

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Figure of Speech

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A subordinate or dependent clause begins with a subordinating word, which reduces the clause to a single part of speech(when it rains)

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Dependent Clause

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Parallelism

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The coordination of sentence syntax word order and ideas used for effect and emphasis

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Word choice

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Diction

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Art of using words effectively

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Rhetoric

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Syntax

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The arrange and grammatical relations of a word in a sentence

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Plot

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framework on which the story is based

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison of unlike things without using the words like or as

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newspaper or magazine article expressing opinion of an editor or publisher

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Editorial

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Independent Clause

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A main or indépendant clause makes a complete statement and can stand alone as a sentence

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The quality in something which arouses pity, sympathy, sorrow, etc

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Pathos

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Dramatic Irony

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Audience knows, characters do not

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Use of extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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To conclude by reason an idea, attitude, tone which is not directly stated by the author

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Inference

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A tone of fairness and even discussion of a subject, it usually suggests that there is distance between the author and the subject being discussed.

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Objective

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Mechanics

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Any form of sentence regulation which aides in interpretation period, comma ,etc

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Audience knows, characters do not

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Dramatic Irony

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words Crazily Calling the cat

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Having more than one meaning, used in verbal, written, and nonverbal communication

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Ambiguity

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Repetition

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Word, Sound Phrase, idea

64
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Any form of sentence regulation which aides in interpretation period, comma ,etc

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Mechanics

65
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Attitude

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The author’s or speaker’s feeling toward the subject

66
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Plagiarism

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Literary theft

67
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Mood/atmosphere

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The emotional feeling of the piece, TONE FOR SETTING

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Expository writing

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writing that explains or analyzes

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Dependent Clause

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A subordinate or dependent clause begins with a subordinating word, which reduces the clause to a single part of speech(when it rains)

70
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a for of irony where the author intentionally understates the facts

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Understatement

71
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Diction

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Word choice

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Connotation

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Surrounding feelings and associations added to word meaning Mother- kindly, self-sacrificing, nurturing women

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The arrange and grammatical relations of a word in a sentence

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Syntax

74
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A recognition of reality different from the appearance

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Irony

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