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21st Century Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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give informations, expresses ideas, or present opinion

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Prose

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creates an emotional response to an experience

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Poetry

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3
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involves one character, plot, and impression

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Short Story

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3
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long narrative divided into chapters

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Novel

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4
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usually about origins

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Legends

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5
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expresses viewpoints and opinions

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Essays

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6
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deals with a person’s life

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Biography

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7
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deals with animals and inanimate objects

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Fables

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aim is to bring out lessons to the reader

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Anecdotes

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9
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Elements of POETRY

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Persona
Form
Imagery
Rhyme
Sound Patterns
Figurative Language

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10
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repetition of similar words

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Alliteration

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11
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repetition of vowel sounds

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Assonance

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12
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repetition of consonant sounds

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consonance

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13
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use of jarring/unpleasant words

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cacophony

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14
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creates a pleasant experience to hear

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euphony

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15
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mimics natural sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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16
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repetition of words

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Repetition

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17
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repetition of identical sounds

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Rhyme

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18
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beach, reach, teach

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Full Rhymes

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call, bowl, sell

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Slant/Half Rhymes

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soil, coin, choice

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Near Rhymes

21
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love, trove | call, appall

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Sight Rhymes

22
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1 unstressed, 1 stressed

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Lambic

23
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2 unstressed, 1 stressed

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Anapestic

24
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1 stressed, 1 unstressed

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Trochaic

25
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1 stressed, 2 unstressed

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Dactylic

26
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equal stress

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Spondaic

27
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presents the similarities between two concepts

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analogy

28
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perceived as clever but has become demode

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cliche

29
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suggestive meaning of a word

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connotation

30
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substitute for a description that is harsh or blunt

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Euphemism

31
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literal meaning of the word

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Denotation

32
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use of substitute word ( Malacañang )

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Metonymy

33
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compares without the use of “as” & “is”

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metaphor

34
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contradictory ideas

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oxymoron

35
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assertion that is contradictory

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paradox

36
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gross exaggeration

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hyperbole

36
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non-living things are given human attributes

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Personification

37
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describes important events
Epic, Ballad, Metrical Tale

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Narrative Poetry

38
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meant to be sung
expression of emotions/feelings of the poet
Elegy, Psalms, Corridos

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Lyric Poetry

39
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meant to be spoken and acted out
Comedy, Melodrama, Farce, Tragedy

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Dramatic

40
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portion represents a whole (vice versa)

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Synecdoche

41
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(Ilocos)

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BIAG NI LAM-ANG

42
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Bicol BALON

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IBALON

42
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(Ancient Mesopotamia)

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EPIC OF GILGAMESH

43
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Greek

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THE ILIAD

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