LA terms for diploma Flashcards

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assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds

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sonnet

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specific poem with 14 lines, 3 quatrains and a couplet, rhyming couplet at the end sometimes

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iambic pentameter

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a rythm or meter established by the poem or the words in the poem (stressed and unstressed sylables)

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Paradox

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a person, thing, or statment having seemingly conttradictory qualities or phases ex) it was the beggining of the end

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allegory

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a story, poem, or picture that reveals a hidden message ex) pleasantville about society

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Satire

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the use of humor, irony, exageration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people and other things

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juxtaposition

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two things placed or seen beside one another that creates a contrasting effect

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parallel

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a place, person, thing that is anologus to one another/ to another thing

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aside

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a speach or short comment given directly to the audience, breaking the 4th wall

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soliloquey

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when a character speaks directly to the audience expressing their ineer thoughts ex) edmund

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monolugue

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a lengthy speech given by a character

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dramatic irony

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expresssing the meaning/what something is by using alnguage that typically signifies the opposite

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situational irony

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when something happens that is opposite of what was exprected ex) fire station burning down

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verbal irony

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when someone says something that is very different from the reality of the situation

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tone

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the attitude that a character or peice of literature gives off to a certain subject / in the literature

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mood

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the feeling a peice of writing gives to the reader

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autobiography

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an account of persons life witten by that person

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fourth wall

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an imaginary wall that separates the audience from the actors

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allusion

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an indirect refrence to something creating a deeper meaning

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tragic hero

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the protagonist of a tragic story or drama, in which, despite their virtuous and sympathetic traits and ambitions, they ultimately meet defeat, suffering, or even an untimely end.

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alliteration

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the same letter or sound at the beggining of adjacent or connected words

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pathetic falacy

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the atribution of human feelings and responces to inanimate things

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incongruous

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not in harmony with ones surroundings

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lurid

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vivid in colour, done to create an unnatural or harsh effect

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rhyme scheme

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an ordered patten of rhymes at the end of each sentence of a poem

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idealism

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the pracice of forming or pursuing ideals, typically unrealistic ones

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poetic justice

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an outcome in which a vice is punished and vurtue is rewarded unsually in an ironic matter

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imagery

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language that paints a picture in ones mind

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parable

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a short tale that reveals a universal truth