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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds

EX: tOny dropped a bowling ball on his tOe

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Assonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds before and after different vowels
EX: hardeR and hardeR to heaR

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Consonance

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The use of a word or phrase, such as swoosh or clank, that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes
EX: pow

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Onomatopoeia

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Involves giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea
EX: the spring birds chattered

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Personification

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5
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The pattern of rhyme formed by the end rhyme, which may be designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

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Rhyme Scheme

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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, makes a point, or evokes humor
EX: she cried so long she made a lake

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Hyperbole

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An object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it is
EX: A valentine to symbolize love

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Symbol

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When you compare two very different things, linking them with the word “like” or “as”
EX: as sharp as a knife

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Simile

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Does not use “like” or “as” to make a comparison

EX: he is a snake

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Metaphor

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Repetition of similar consonant sounds often at the beginning of words.
EX: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

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Alliteration

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The breaking of a sentence into two or several lines sometimes lacking proper punctuation

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Enjambment

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12
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Surface meaning of a poem

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Literal

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13
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Meaning under the surface of a poem

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Figurative

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14
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Group of lines forming a unit

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Stanza

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An object, person, or place that means more than what it is

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Symbol

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Pattern of beats created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhythm

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17
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Comment that a character makes to the audience that no one else hears

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Aside

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18
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Writers choice of words; an important element in the writers voice or style

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Diction

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19
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A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality

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Irony

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Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play

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Dramatic irony

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occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead

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Situational Irony

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22
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speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says

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Verbal irony

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23
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Literature that is written in sentence and paragraph form

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Prose

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24
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Play on words with similar sounds but more than one spelling or meaning

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Pun

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25
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Speeches delivered while a character is alone on stage

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Soliloquy

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26
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A play in which the main character suffers a down fall

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Tragedy

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27
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Character that suffers a downfall

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Tragic hero

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28
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Tragic outcome

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Tragic resolution

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29
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it

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Allusion

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30
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Lines of Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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31
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struggle occurring within a character’s mind

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Internal conflict

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32
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struggle between a person and an outside force

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External conflict

33
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Description of qualities or peculiarities

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Characterization

34
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Connotation

35
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Literal or primary meaning of a word

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Denotation

36
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Conversation between two or more people through out a story or poem

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Dialogue

37
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Poem with lines ending with words that sound the same

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End rhyme

38
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Author exploits a single metaphor at length through multiple linked grounds in a story

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Extended metaphor

39
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language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

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Figurative language

40
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Combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Foot

41
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Be a warning ir indication if a future event

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Foreshadow

42
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Metrical foot with one short unstressed syllable followed by one long stressed syllable

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Iamb/iambic

43
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Visually descriptive or figuratice language

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Imagery

44
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Rhyme involving a woes in the middle of a line

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Internal rhyme

45
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Point at which two lines or text are split

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Line break

46
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Unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats

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Meter

47
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The narrators position in relation to the story

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Point of view

48
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Use of humor or irony to expose and critize peoples stupidy

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Satire

49
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Attitude toward the subject and audience in literary work

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Tone

50
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Defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall

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Tragic flaw

51
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Writer or speaker attributes less importance or conveys less passion then the subject demand

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Understatement

52
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Without rhymes

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Unrhymed

53
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The witty explotitation of the meanings and ambiquities of words

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Wordplay

54
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Abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

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Acronym

55
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Subject is doing the action

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Active voice

56
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List of citations to books, articles, and documents followed by a brief descriptive paragraph

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Annotated bibliography

57
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Group of words in a sentence that cantains a subject and predicate

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Clauses

58
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Expression overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning

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Cliché

59
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Statement that is conclusive

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Clincher

60
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Use of a comma to join two independent clauses

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Comma splice

61
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Literary device used in argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made by ones opponent

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Concession

62
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Conjunction placed between words of equal rank

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Coordinating conjunctions

63
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Credibility

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Ethos

64
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Literary technique in the opening of a story that catches the readers attention

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Hook

65
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Opening paragraph of an article or essay

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Lead

66
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Logical

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Logos

67
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Restatement of speech that retains the basic meaning while changing the words

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Paraphrase

68
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Subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb

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Passive voice

69
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Emotional

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Pathos

70
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Describe the ‘true’ meaning of a term

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Persuasive

71
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Words that are taken from someone else

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Quotation

72
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Characterized by verbosity or unneccassary repetition in expressing ideas

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Redundant words

73
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Group of words that look like sentences but arent

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Sentence fragments

74
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Enhances flow of ideas and untensifies points

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Sentence variety

75
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Conjunction rhat introduces a dependent clause, joining it to a main clause

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Subordinate conjunctions

76
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Changing of a topive or condition

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Transition

77
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Words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas

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Transition sentence

78
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Adverb that indicates the relation in meaning between two sequential indeoendent clauses

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Transitional adverbs

English 10B (13 decks)

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