Flashcard Term Meanings

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds within words.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for effect.

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Oxymoron

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Contradictory terms placed together.

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Juxtaposition

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Placing contrasting ideas or images next to each other.

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Irony

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When the opposite of what is expected occurs.

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Mood

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The atmosphere created by the text.

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Colloquialism

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Use of informal language or slang.

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Anecdote

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A short, personal story.

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Allusion

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A reference to another text, event, or person.

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Euphemism

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A mild or indirect way of saying something harsh.

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Antithesis

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Contrasting ideas placed side by side.

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Emotive Language

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Words used to provoke an emotional response.

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First-Person Narration

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Story is told from the narrator’s perspective using “I”.

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Third-Person Narration

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The narrator describes events using “he,” “she,” or “they”.

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Motif

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A recurring element that has symbolic significance.

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Anaphora

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Repetition of words at the beginning of successive sentences.

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of words at the end of successive sentences.

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In Medias Res

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Beginning a narrative in the middle of action.

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Foil

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A character who contrasts with another character.

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Monologue

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A long speech by one character.

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Soliloquy

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A speech where a character speaks their thoughts aloud.

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Pun

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A play on words, often humorous.

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Cliché

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An overused phrase or idea.

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Tricolon

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Three parallel clauses, phrases, or words.

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Polyptoton

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Repetition of the same root word in different forms.

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Syntax

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The arrangement of words and phrases.

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Polysyndeton

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Repetition of conjunctions in quick succession.

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Asyndeton

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Omission of conjunctions between phrases or clauses.

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Derogatory

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Language used to belittle or insult someone or something.

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Cumulative Listing

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Listing items to build up information or detail.

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Collective Pronouns

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Pronouns like “we”, “our”, “us” that group people together.

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Characterisation

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The process by which a writer develops a character.

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Diction

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The choice of words used by the writer.

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Ethos

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Appeal to the writer’s credibility or character.

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Jargon

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Specialized language used by a particular group.

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Logos

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Appeal to logic and reason.

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Modality

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The degree of certainty expressed in language (high or low modality).

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Pathos

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Appeal to emotions.

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth.

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Plosives

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Harsh consonant sounds (p, b, t, d).

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Sensory Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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Truncated Sentences

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Short, incomplete sentences.

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Zoomorphism

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Attributing animal characteristics to humans.

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Anadiplosis

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Repetition of the last word of a sentence at the beginning of the next.

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Asyndeton

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Omission of conjunctions in a list.

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Epigraph

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A short quotation at the beginning of a text, hinting at its theme.

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Hyperbaton

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Inversion of the normal order of words.

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Hypophora

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Asking a question and then immediately answering it.

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Metonymy

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Replacing the name of something with something closely related.

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Synaesthesia

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Describing one sense in terms of another.

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Synecdoche

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A part is used to represent the whole.