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A-E Flashcards

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Allegory

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complete narrative that conveys abstract ideas to get a point across

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Alliteration

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repetition of beginning sounds

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Allusion

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referrence to a famous person or event

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Ambiguity

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phrases or images with more than one meaning

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Analogy

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comparison between diff things to show similarity…. logical arguement

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Anaphora

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repetition of a group of words or phrases in several consecutive sentences

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Antecedent

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noun referred to by pronoun

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Antithesis

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juxtaposition of contrasting ideas or objects

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Aphorism

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concise observation that contains a general truth

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Apostrophe

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directly addressing someone or something absent or not alive

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Asyndeton

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omits conjunctions between words phrases or clauses

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Aside

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character’s dialog directed to audience…. not suppose to be heard by other characters on stage

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Assonance

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repetition of internal vowel sounds in the mid of sentence

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Atmosphere

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emotional mood/feeling of a place seen or even (based on setting)

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Caesura

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grammatical pauses or breaks in poetry

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Caricature

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exaggeration….. often to distort someone’s characteristics

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Colloquialism

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slang/ informalities in speech or writing

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Conceit

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extended metaphor… surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects

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Connotation

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emotional definition of a word

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Consonance

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repetition of consonant sounds

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Denotation

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literal meaning

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Diction

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writer’s word choice

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Didactic

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instructional/ informative

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Enjambment

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run-on line of poetry

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Euphemism

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less offensive substitute to a generally unpleasant word or concept

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