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Literary Terms Flashcards

1
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what is authors purpose

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the reason the author writes

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what are rhetorical devises

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figurative language such as repetition or parallelism to affect the audience

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what are symbols

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a object, person,place, they stand for something else

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4
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what is theme

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underlying message author wants the reader to under stand

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what is a inference

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prediction in the story or a logical assumption

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what is parallelism

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pattern of words or sentence structure

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what is repetition

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repeat a sound or word for emphasis

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what is text structure

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arrangement of the story

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what is a simile

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compare 2 things using like or as

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supporting textual evidence

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material to prove a claim

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what is a metaphor

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compares two things without using like or as ex: is

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what is a noun

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person place or thing.

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what is a verb

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shows action or state of being

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what is a adjective

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modify nouns or pronouns

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what is a preposition

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shows relation between a noun or pronoun and sothe word in the sentence

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what is a subject

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the who or what that is doing the verb

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what is prepositional phrase

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begin with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun

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what is a simple sentence

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one independent clause

19
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compound sentence

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two or more independent clauses

20
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what is claim/point of view

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the argument made by the author or speaker

21
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what is mood

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is the felling or the atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

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what is foreshadowing

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is a writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

23
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what is extended metaphor

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is a figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length in several ways no like or as.

24
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what is pace

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the speed at which the story is told

25
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what is authors tone

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an authors attitude toward a particular written subject

26
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what is irony

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contrast between appearance and reality usually reality is opposite of what it seams

27
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what is mood

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atmosphere of the narrative

28
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what is foreshadowing

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a warning or indication of a future event

29
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what is extended metaphor

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a metaphor that is extended for sentences paragraphs or whole pages

30
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what is pace

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how fast or slow the story is going for the reader

31
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what is authors tone

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word added to show point of view emotion and attitude

32
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what is irony verbal/situational

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variable tho opposite of what the person is saying

situation is when the situation is different from what is happening

33
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figurative language

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a creative way to use words

34
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fortune’s fools

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specific to romeo and juliet when a character thinks that they made fool by fate

35
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tragic hero

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a protagonist who is otherwise perfect except for a tragic slaw also known fatal flaw

36
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foil

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prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding characters who personality is opposite

37
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pun

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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings

38
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dramatic irony

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an audience’s awareness of the situation in which a work’s characters exist differs substantially

39
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tragic fall

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a fall in character that brings about the down fall of the hero of a tragedy

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