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Allegory Units 1 and 2 Flashcards

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1
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Characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas I or qualities

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Allegory

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2
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Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds that are close together

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Alliteration

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3
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Reference to someone or something that is known

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Allusion

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4
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Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work

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Ambiguity

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Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

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Analogy

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

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Anaphora

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Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony

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Anastrophe

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Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something

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Anecdote

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Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero

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Antagonist

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Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

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Antimetabole

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Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted

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Antithesis

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12
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Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes

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Antihero

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13
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Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object

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Anthropomorphism

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Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth

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Aphorism

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Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing, or personified abstract idea

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Apostrophe

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Placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements (often set by a colon)

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Apposition

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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together

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Assonance

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Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, emphasizing the parts equally

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Asyndeton

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Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance

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Balance

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20
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Process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

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Characterization

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Reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says

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Indirect Characterization

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22
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Author tells us directly what the character is like

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Direct Characterization

23
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Is one who does not change much in the course of a story

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Static Character

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One who changes in some important way as a result of the story’s action

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Dynamic Character

25
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Only one or two personality traits

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Flat Character

26
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More dimensions to their personalities

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Round Character

27
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In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance where the second part os syntactically balanced against the first

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Chiasmus

28
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Word or phrase that has become lifeless because of overuse

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Cliche

29
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A word or phrase in everyday use but is inappropriate for formal situations

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Colloquialism

30
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A story that ends with a happy resolution faced by the main character or characters

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Comedy

31
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Elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different

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Conceit

32
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Used to describe poetry that uses intimate material

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Confessional Poetry

33
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Struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

34
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Conflicts can exist between two people

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External Conflict

35
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Conflict can involve opposing forces within a person’s mind

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Internal Conflict

36
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Associations that have become attached to a word or phrase, strict dictionary definition

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Connotation

37
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Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

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Couplet

38
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group

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Dialect

39
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A speaker or writer’s choice of words

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Diction

40
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Form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral

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Didactic

41
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A poem of mourning

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Elegy

42
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Device of repetition the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line

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Epanalepsis

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A long narrative poem, recounts the deeds of a heroic character

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Epic

44
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A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme

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Epigraph

45
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Device of repetition where the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences

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Epistrophe

46
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An adjective applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality

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Epithet

47
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A short piece of nonfiction in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject

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Essay

48
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Four forms of discourse which uses logic, ethics, and emotional appeals to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way

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Argumentation

49
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Relies more on emotional appeals than on facts

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Persuasion

50
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Form of persuasion that appeals to reason to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way

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Argument

51
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Form of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another

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Casual Relationship

52
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A form of discourse that uses language to create a mood or emotion

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Description

53
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Something is explained or “set forth”

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Exposition

AP English Literature and Composition (4 decks)

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