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authorial choices english vocab Flashcards

1
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apostrophe

A

adress someone who is absent or already dead

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connotation

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undertone

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3
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denotation

A

literal or primary meaning of a word

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4
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idiom

A

expression

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5
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colloquialism

A

ordinary or familiar words or phrases

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anaphora

A

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses after another

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7
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enjambment

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the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next

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juxtaposition

A

two contrasting things placed right next to each other

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oxymoron

A

contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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10
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repetition

A

same word or phrase repeatedly

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11
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personification

A

giving humanlike qualities to something nonhuman

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12
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Simile

A

comparing two things using like or as

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13
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metaphor

A

comparing two things without using like or as

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14
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allegory

A

work of literature that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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15
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allusion

A

referencing something outside of the work of literature

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16
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hyperbole

A

extreme exaggeration

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17
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symbol

A

a thing that represents something else

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18
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synechdoche

A

part is used to represent the whole

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19
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metonymy

A

nickname

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20
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rhyme scheme

A

ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of a poem

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21
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onomatopoeia

A

imitating the sound the word is referring to

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22
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assonance

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repetition of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables enough for them to be told apart

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23
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consonance

A

recurrence of similar sounds in close proximity

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24
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alliteration

A

beginning a word with the same letter

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25
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meter

A

basic rhythmic structure in a line of poetry

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26
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iambic pentameter

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five meters, one unstressed syllable then one long syllable

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27
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antithesis

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contrasting things expressed by parallelism of words that are opposites

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antimetebole

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words in the first half of a sentence are inverted in the second half of the sentence

29
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chiasmus

A

grammatical structures that are repeated in reverse order

30
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first person pov

A

pov is someone in the work

31
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third person limited pov

A

narrator tells the story through a protagonist by using their name

32
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third person omniscient

A

god-like perspective

33
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objective pov

A

unbiased perspective

34
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epithet

A

adjective expressing a quality characteristic of the thing mentioned

35
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bildungsroman

A

novel that displays one’s formative years or spiritual education

36
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catharsis

A

releasing strong or repressed feelings

37
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double entendre

A

word or phrase that is open to two interpretations, one is usually sexual

38
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equivocation

A

ambiguous language to conceal the truth

39
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pun

A

wordplay

40
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blank verse

A

verse without rhyme

41
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aside

A

a character addresses the audience directly for a movement to express a truth, feeling or comment

42
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trope

A

using figurative language for artistic effect

43
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syntax

A

arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence

44
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scheme

A

artful deviation from the ordinary arragement of words

45
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internal rhyme

A

rhyme with a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line of the next

46
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slant rhyme

A

rhyme with words that have similar but not identical sounds

47
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induction

A

leading the reader to the next moment in a work

48
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deduction

A

leading reader away from the overall idea & towards evidence/support

49
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plastic theater

A

use of props, noises and stage directions to convey a parallel with the characters states of mind

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foil characters

A

two characters that are opposites

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epizeuxis

A

form of repetition in which a word is repeated immediately for emphasis

52
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rhetoric

A

persuasive writing

53
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ethos

A

emotions within a work of literature

54
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pathos

A

persuasion

55
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logos

A

logic

56
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exigence

A

moment that shows rhetoric

57
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euphemism

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indirect word substituded for a harsh one when referring to something unpleasant

58
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zeugma

A

a word applies to two others in different senses

59
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persona

A

person who is understood to be speaking a particular work

60
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artisotelian triangle

A

outlines ethos, pathos, & logos

61
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panel

A

segment of a comic that combine image & text

62
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gutter

A

space between framed panels

63
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splash

A

panel that takes up the whole page

64
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bleed

A

image that extends beyond the page

65
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emnata

A

symbols outside of the character to convey emotion

66
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atmosphere

A

feeling or sense evoked by an environment or setting

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