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Literary Terms 2 Flashcards

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a lyric poem of some length usually relates to nature

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onomatopoeia

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the us of word sound suggest their meaning

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opinion

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see fact and opinion

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oral history

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stories of people live related by word of mouth usually includes both factual material and personal

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oxymoron

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form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas

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paradox

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a statement that seems to contradict itself but is nevertheless true

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parallelism

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the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance

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paraphrasing

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the restatement of a text by readers in their own words or in another form

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parody

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a literature or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an authors work for comic effect or ridicule

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personification

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a figure of speech where animals, ideas or inanimate objects are given human characteristic

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perspective

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see point of view

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persuasion

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persuasive writing is meant to sway readers feeling beliefs or action

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play

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see drama

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exposition

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introduces the characters and the conflict they face

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inciting incident

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the exposition and introduces of the central conflict within the story

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rising action

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following the introduction of the central conflict complication arise as the characters struggle with the conflict

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climax

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the turning point ,point of maximum interest

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falling action

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the end of the central conflict in a story when the action starts to wind down

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resolution or denouement

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the climax and is where the conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up

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subplot

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additional minor plot that involves a secondary conflict in the story ; the subplot may or may not affect the main plot

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poetry

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a type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact imaginative and often musical language

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point of view

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perspective from which a story is told

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1st point of view

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the person telling the story is one of the character in the story

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2nd point of view

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refers to the use of “you” in explanations or arguments

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3rd point of view

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the narrator is not a character in the story but event in the story are seen through the eyes of more than one of the characters

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predicting

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the process of gathering information and combining it with the readers own knowledge to guess what might occur in the story

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primary sources

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a first hand account of an event

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propaganda

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text that uses false or misleading information to present a slanted point of view

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prose

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the ordinary form of spoken and written language that lacks the special features of poetry

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protagonist

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see character

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questioning

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the process of raising question while reading in an effort to understand character and events

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realistic fiction

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imaginative writing set in real modern world

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refrain

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repetition in literature of one or more lines at regular intervals sometimes called chorus

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repetition

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a technique in which a sound word or phrase or line is repeated for effect or emphasis

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resolution

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see plot

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ryhme

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repetition of an identical or similarly accented sounds in a wok.Rhyme gives poem flows and rhythm helping the lyricist tell a story and convey a mood

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eye-rhymes

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are words that when written appear to rhyme but when spoken do not

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internal rhyme

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rhyme found within a line of poetry

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slant rhyme

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a distinct time system of patterns composition in which 2 words have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of end rhyme used in apoem generally indicated by matching lowercase letters to show which lines rhyme

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soliloquy

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a speech deliverd by a charcater who is alone on ther stage

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sonnet

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distinctive poetic stylethat uses a system or pattern of metrical structure and verse composition usually consisting of fourteen lines arrange in a set rhyme scheme or pattern

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sound devices

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see alternation onomatopoeia repetion t\rhyme and rhythm

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speaker

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the voice that speaks to the reader ina poem as the narrator does in a work of fiction

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speech

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a talk give in public

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stage direction

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the instruction to the actors director and stage crew in the script of play

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stanza

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a grouping of two or more lines within a poem

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static character

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see character

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stereotype

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a board generalization or an oversimplified view that disregards indivduals differences

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story mapping

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a visual organizer that helps a reader understand a work of literature by tracking setting, characters,events and conflicts

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style

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how a writter says something; many elements contribute to style, including word choice ,sentence lentgh ,tone and figurative language

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subplot

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see plot

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summarizing

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the process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a piece of writting in a person’s own words, while omitting unimportant details.

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trait

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see characterization

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understatement

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astatement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said;th opposite of hyperbole.understatement is usally used for a humorous effect

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unreliable narrator

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see narrative

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urban legend

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a contemporary story that is told in many rumored versions that have little basis in facts

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suspense

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a feeling of growing tension and exvitement writers create suspense by rasing questions in readers mind about what might happen

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symbolism

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using something specifict to the stand for something else, especially an idea

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synecdoche

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a literary technique in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa

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tall-tale

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a humorously exaggerated story about impossible events

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theme

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a common thread or repeated by idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work

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