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English Lit Terms Flashcards

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a style in writing that is complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points

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Abstract

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means dry and theoretical writing

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Academic

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the stress portion of the word in poetry

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Accent

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“appealing to the senses”;

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Aesthetic

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a story in which each aspect has symbolic meaning outside of the tale itself

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Allegory

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repetition of initial sounds

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alliteration

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a reference to another work or famous figure. ie: reference to Greek or Roman mythology

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Allusion

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poetic device where something is misplaced in time

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anachronism

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a comparison, usually two symbolic parts

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Analogy

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a short narrative

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Anecdote

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the character that opposes the protagonist

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Antagonist

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the word, phrase or clause that a pronoun refers to or replaces

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Antecedent

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in literature when inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena are given human characteristics, behaviour or motivation

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anthropomorphism

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when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect

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Anti-climax

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a short usually witty saying

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aphorism

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an address to someone not present or to a personified object or idea

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apostrophe

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the use of deliberately old-fashioned language

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archaism

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standard or cliched character type

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archetype

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the act or process of analysing evidence, drawing conclusions, and developing claims

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argumentation

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a speech or comment usually made by an actor to the audience as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage

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aside

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a trait or characteristic

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aspect

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the emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene

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atmosphere

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a speaker’s, author’s, or character’s nature toward an opinion of a subject

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attitude

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a long narrative poem usually in very regular meter and rhyme

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ballad

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when writing strains for grandeur it can’t support and tries to elicit tears from every little hiccup

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bathos

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the use of disturbing themes in comedy

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black humor

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pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language

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bombast

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a broad parody that takes a style or form such as a tragic drama and exaggerates it into ridiculousness

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burlesque

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the use of deliberate harsh and awkward sounds

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cacophony

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the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense

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cadence

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a section division in a long work of poetry

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canto

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a portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality

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caricature

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cleansing of emotion an audience member experiences having lived through the experiences presented on stage

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catharsis

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descriptions, representations, or discussions of the features that make up an individual and represent who they are

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character

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a group of people who stand outside of the main action on stage and comment on it

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chorus

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a new word, usually invented on the spot

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coinage/ neologism

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a word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn’t a part of accepted “schoolbook” English

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colloquialism

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multiple layers of interpretation

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complex

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startling or unusual metaphor developed over a few lines

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extended metaphor/ conceit/ controlling image

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everything a word implies

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connotation

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the repetition of consonant sounds within words

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consonance

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a pair of lines that end in rhyme

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couplet

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style according to social station, or occasion

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decorum

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a song for the dead

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dirge

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the grating of incompatible sounds

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dissonance

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crude, simplistic verse often in sing song rhyme

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doggerel

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when an audience knows something before the characters do

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dramatic irony

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when a single speaker says something to a silent audience

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dramatic monologue

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a seemingly ideal world where the actual implementation of perfection is unsuccessful and destructive

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dystopia

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a type of poem that mediates on death and mortality in a serious, thoughtful, manner

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elegy

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