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English 10H - Literary Terms Flashcards

1
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when consecutive words start with the same letter or sound

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alliteration

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2
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comparing two things

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analogy

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3
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describing the attributes of a character

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characterization

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highlighting differences

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contrast

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something that happens before the story that you can “see”

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flashback

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something that happens before the story that is talked about or mentioned

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antecedent incident

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clue or hint to future events

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foreshadowing

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8
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description of anything

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imagery

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9
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when the opposite of what you expect happens

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irony

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10
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calling something something else

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metaphor

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11
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the feeling the audience takes away from the situation

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mood

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12
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the way the narrator expresses the topic

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tone

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13
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contradictory word or phrase

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oxymoron

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14
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giving something a personality or human characteristics

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anthropomorphism/personification

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15
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perspective of the narrator (how the story’s told)

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point of view

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16
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play on words

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pun

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17
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word or phrase that occurs again and again

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repetition

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18
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place and time in which the story takes place

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setting

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19
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calling something something else using “like” or “as”

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simile

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20
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voice of the literature

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speaker/narrator

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21
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something that stands for something else

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symbol

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22
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underlying meaning/message of the literature

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theme

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23
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story taking abstract concepts and giving them physical identites/meaning

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allegory

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24
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when the meaning is unclear (cliffhanger)

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ambiguity

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25
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reference to another piece of literature, person, or event

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allusion

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26
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connection of middle vowels to make “rhymes”

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assonance

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27
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words we associate with other words

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connotation

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three-step logical argument (given, given, conclusion)

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syllogism

29
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two lines of rhyming poetry

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couplet

30
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connection of consonants to make “rhymes”

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consonance

31
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dictionary definition of words

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denotation

32
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word choice

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diction

33
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metaphor continued throughout the literature

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extended metaphor

34
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a character that doesn’t change

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flat character

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a character that changes

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round character

36
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intended exaggeration

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hyperbole

37
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suggests something without actually saying it

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implied metaphor

38
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comparing two very different things

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juxtaposition

39
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repeated image

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motif

40
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contradictory situation

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paradox

41
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two parts of a plot mirror eachother

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parallel structure

42
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setting mirrors the character’s emotions

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pathetic fallacy

43
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four lines of poetry

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quatrain

44
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choices an author makes

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style

45
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sentence structure (order things go in)

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syntax

46
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repeating the same phrase in consecutive lines of poetry

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anaphora

47
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refer to something that’s not physically present

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apostrophe

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refer to part of a whole

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synecdoche

49
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closely related word to something else

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metonymy

50
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clever extended metaphor

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conceit

51
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when someone makes you choose between two different options when in reality there are many more

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either/or

52
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when someone insults their opponent instead of the argument

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ad hominem

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fake person made in order to illustrate a point

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strawman

54
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slowly changing something’s meaning to support your argument

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the beard

55
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claiming universal ignorance to support your argument (“no one really knows so I must know”)

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from ignorance

56
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“after the fact, therefore because of the fact”; just because something happened before the fact doesn’t mean it caused the fact

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post hoc ergo propter hoc

57
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when someone’s argument sounds too unbelievable to be true

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incredulity

58
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multiple examples leading to a general truth

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inductive reasoning

59
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general truth leading to the judgment of multiple examples

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deductive reasoning

60
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a short, personal story

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anecdote

61
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making an unpleasant idea more pleasant

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euphemism

62
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informal language

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slang

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logical appeals

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logos

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emotional appeals

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pathos

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ethical appeals

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ethos

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