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Literary Terms Flashcards

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Allusion

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Reference to something or someone

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Alliteration

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Repetition of same letter or sound at beginning

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Analogy

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Comparison between two things

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Antecedent

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Part of a sentence later replaced by a pronoun

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Archetype

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Something reoccuring throughout literature

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Epilogue

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An event which concludes the story

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Euphemism

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Pleasent word used in place of an unpleasant word

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements

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Irony (Verbal, Situational, Dramatic)

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Verbal: someone says opposite of what’s expected
Situational: something happens opposite to what’s expected
Dramatic: audience knows something character dosen’t

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Juxtaposition

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Placing two words side to side to show a contrasting effect

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Mood/Atmosphere

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Mood: mood of writing
Atmosphere: feeling the writing conveys

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Oxymoron

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Self contradicting words

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Paradox

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Self contradicting statement

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Parallelism

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Repeating of the same gramafic structure to provide balance

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15
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Soliloquy

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A character thinking outloud

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Stock Character

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Character possessing stereotypical qualities

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Symbolism

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Using a symbol in literary work

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Allegory

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Literature or art with hidden meaning or moral behind if

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Apostrophe

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Addressing a person who is not there of personified object

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Assonance

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Repetition of sound of a vowel in non-rhyming sylables

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Cacophony

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A harsh mixture of sounds

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Connotation

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The feeling that a word implies

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Consonance

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Repetition of constant sounds

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Denotation

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Literal meaning of a word

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Dissonance

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A distruption of harmonic sounds to convey abruptness

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Enjambment

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Sentence continuing without pause into the next line

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Ethos

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Credibility or ethical appeal

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Euphony

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Bringing pleasent feelings in literary work

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Extended Metaphor

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Metaphor extending over multiple lines

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Foil

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Character contrasting with second character to highlight differences

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Logos

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Logically appealing to audience

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Malaprophism

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Humorous misuse of similar sounding word

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Metonymy

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Substituting name of attribute for the thing meant

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Motif

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Distinct feature or dominant idea constantly reinforced

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Parody

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Imitation of style of a particular piece or writer

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Pathos

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Characteristics causing reader or audience to feel sympathy

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Satire

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Criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way

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Vertisimilitude

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Aspect of story portraying reality to make plot convincing

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Anticlimax

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Disappointing resolution to suspenseful conflict

40
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Black Humor

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Discussing serious subjects using comedy

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Caricature

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Over exaggeration of personality

42
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Cosmic Justice

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Concept that every one is punished for their bad deeds

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Elegy

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A poem or reflection

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Existentialism

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Emphasis on individual existence, freedom, and choice. Questioning human existence

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Hubris

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Arrogance and excessive pride

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Nemesis

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Poetic justice, where people are judged based on deeds

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Overstatement

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Describing something powerfully

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Pathetic fallscy

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Attribution of human feelings to inanimate objdcts

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Requiem

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Composition in honour of the dead

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Understatement

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Something states as less important than it is

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Internal and external conflict

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Internal: character struggling with themselves
External: character struggling with outside forces

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Initial incident

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Event in story setting main characters on journey

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Static vs Dynamic

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Static: character not undergoing change
Dynamic: character undergoing change

54
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Critisism

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Analysis or judgement of literature

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