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Literature 1st quarter Exam (terms) Flashcards

1
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An approximate rhyme in which initial consonant sound are the same:
Out of the Hills of Habersham’
Down the valleys of Hall…

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Alliteration

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A reference to mythology, history, or literature

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Allusion

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3
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The repetition of vowel sounds:
Player with rAilroads and nAtion’s frEIght handler

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Assonance

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4
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A short narrative song written in stanzas

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Ballad

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5
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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Incorrect spelling often used for humorous effect

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Cacography

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A strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor

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Conceit

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8
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The repetition of final consonant sounds

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Consonance

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9
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Regional language

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Dialect

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10
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A conversation between characters

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Dialogue

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A pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables

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Foot

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12
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Poetry having no metrical pattern

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Free verse

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The use of words to convey the opposite of there literal meaning usually with a humorous effect

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Irony

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14
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An implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another

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Metaphor

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15
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The occurrence of rhythm at regular intervals

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Meter

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16
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Using words which sound like what they mean

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Onomatopoeia

17
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A comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or an animal

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Personification

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The arrangement of incidents or events in a story or novel

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Plot

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The method of presenting the reader with the material of the story

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POV

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POV: author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character

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Limited POV

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POV: the author presents the characters in action with no comment

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Objective POV

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POV: all knowing author is the narrator who comments freely on the actions and characters

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Omniscient POV

23
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The correspondence of sounds

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Rhyme

24
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The repetition of the accented or stressed vowel sound at the end of lines in poetry

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End rhyme

25
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The regular recurrence of a sound

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Rhythm

26
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The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it

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Satire

27
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An expressed comparison of unlike things in which the words like or as are used

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Simile

28
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The twist at the end oof a story

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Surprise ending

29
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The controlling idea or insight into life which the author seeks to impart through characters

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Theme

30
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The writers attitude toward his subject

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Tone or Mood

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