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APL literatary terms Flashcards

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Plethora

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alot of

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Ambiguity

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confusing aspect

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paradox

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absurdity

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hone

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to sharpen

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analytical

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taking apart and placeing together

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syntax

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way we order words

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socrates

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philosopher socratle reasoning

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modality

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index to strenths and weakness

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oxymoron

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figure of speech that combine two contrdictory words into a meaning that can have meanin to those who understand it.

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act

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major unit of action in a drama or play. each act can be further divided into smaller sections called scenes

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allegory

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story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea about life; allegories often have a strong moral or lesson

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alliteration

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repetion of consonant sounds at the beginning of words(toungue twisters)

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allusion

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reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature

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analogy

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comparisom of two or more like objects that suggests if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well

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anecdote

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brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point

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assonance

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repititon of vowel sounds with a line of poetry

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antagonist

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character in a story or poem who decatives the main character

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audience

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particular group of readers or viewers that the writers is addressing.

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author

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writer of a book, article or other text

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his or her reason for creating a particular work

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author’s purpose

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form of non fiction in which a person tells the story of his or her life

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autobiography

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poem that tells a sory and is ment to be sung or recited

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ballad

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story of someone’s life writen by another

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biography

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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pause or sudden break in a line of poetry

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caesura

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teo events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about or causes another

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cause and effect

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person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions woth a story poem or other lit.

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Character

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the main character

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protaganist

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characters who are central to the plot of a story

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main character

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a less important character who interacts with the main character

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minor character

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all of the techniques that writers use to create characters

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characterization

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a characters personallity

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character traits

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the author directly states a characters traits

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direct character

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character who changes

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dynamic characters

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character who stays constant

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flat character

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a character who traits are not directly stated

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indirect character

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character who is fully described by the author

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round character

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character who changes very little

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static character

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events that happen over time

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chronolgical order

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clarifying

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readers process of pauseing occasionaly while reading to quickily review what they had read

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Cliche

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type of figurative language containg an over used expression or a saying that is no longer considered original

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climax

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see plot

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comedy

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dramitic work that is light and often humours in tone and useually ends happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict

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comparison

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process of idrntfying similarites

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concreate poetry

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type of poetry that uses its physical pr visual fprm to preseant its

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hints or suggestions that may surround unfimilar word \s or phrases and clarify their meaning

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Context clues

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the process of pointing out differences between things

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contrast

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couplet

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rhymed pair of lines in a poem

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trimeter

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three feet per line

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tetrameter

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four feet per line

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pentamenter

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five feet per line

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hexameter

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six feet per line

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heptameter

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seven feet per line

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octameter

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eight feet per line

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memoir

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specific type of autobiography; a memoir does not necessarily cover the author’s entire life

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metaphor

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type of figurative language in which comparison is made between two things that are essentially unalike

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