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English Final Flashcards

1
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Diction

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The choice and use of words in writing

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2
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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme

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3
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Imagery

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Part of a poem that uses the 5 senses to make an image in the readers head

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4
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Metaphor

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Symbolic

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5
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Parallelism/Repetition

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Using the same word multiple times

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6
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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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7
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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of a verse

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8
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Tone

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The poets attitude towards the speaker

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9
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Simile

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A figure of speech using like or as

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10
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Speaker

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The voice of the poem

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11
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Characterization

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The creation of a fictional character

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12
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Setting

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Where the story takes place

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13
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Stage directions

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Italicized parts of the play

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14
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Theme

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The central/unifying idea

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15
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Allegory

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A symbolic narrative not apparent in the main narrative

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16
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McCarthyism and the Red Scare

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During the Red Scare in the 1950’s many people were accused of being communists and Senator Joseph McCarthy had meetings to discover secret communists

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Position statement

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A statement that lays out the identity of the piece

18
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Refutation

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The part of an essay that disproves opposing arguments

19
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Call to action

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What the writer of the essay wants the reader to do

20
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Persuasive Diction

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Specific and powerful word choice

21
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Parallel structure/Repetition

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Repeating major points

22
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Metaphor/Analogy

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Evokes emotion and compares things

23
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Anecdotes

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Short story in an essay to provide insight

24
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Aphorisms

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A common statement with truth

25
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Allusion

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A reference

26
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Rhetorical question

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A question meant to be thought about and not answered

27
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Logical appeal

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Paying attention to reason with data and facts

28
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Emotional appeal

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Using emotional language and stories

29
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Ethical appeals

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Acknowledging both sides of an issue and being a credible source

30
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Fallacies

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Arguments that can be proven wrong

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