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Literature and Language terms Flashcards

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Nomencalture

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Use of specific, technical terminology

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Satire

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Mocking something serious to prove a point

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Tricolon

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Rules of three

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Epizeuxis

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Repetition of word(s) in close proximity

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Anthesis

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Putting opposing ideas next to each other (up and down)

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Chiasmus

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When you have a phrase and reverse it

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Pastiche

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Doing something in another artistic style

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Apathy

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Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

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Rhetoric

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Using logic to work things out

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Pseudo-archaic

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Faking old language

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Apostrophe (not ‘)

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When a text addresses someone not present

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Tautology

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Using extra words that are not needed for effect

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Anachronism

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When something is not historically accurate

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Zoomorphic imagery

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To describe something in animal terms

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Aphorism

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Statement of global significance

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Willing suspension of disbelief

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When the audience/ reader ignores how improbable the events are

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Anthropomorphic imagery

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To describe something like a human

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Synaesthesia

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To compare senses

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Jargon

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Words to do with a specific group/profession that may be difficult for others to understand

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Motif

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An element/ idea that recurs throughout

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Didactic

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Designed or intended to teach

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Bathos

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an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous

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Pathos

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Appeal to the audience’s emotions

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Logos

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Appeal to the audience’s logic/reason

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Ethos

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Appeal to the audience sense that the narrator has good character

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to another work of literature

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word at the start of sentences

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Anecdote

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Narration of an event / incidence

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Characterisation

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How a writer develops a character’s personality

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Climax

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Point of greatest interest or highest tension (turning point)

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Diction

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Writer’s choice and arrangement of words

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Dramatic irony

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Where the reader knows something that the characters do not

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Epistrophe

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When a word is repeated at the end of successive sentences

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External conflict

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Struggle between a character and:
1 - another person
2 - society
3 - groups
4- forces of nature
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Figurative language

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Using words/phrases that have other meanings than the visual

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Folk tale

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Timeless story dealing with customs and beliefs of people

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Idiom

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An accepted phrase that has a meaning outside of the literal

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Imagery

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Language that applies to any of the 5 senses

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Internal conflict

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Conflict within a person’s mind

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Irony

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Contrasts between appearance and reality/ expectation of reality

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Moral

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Lesson about how to live life

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Objective point of view

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3rd person, does not comment

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Omnicient

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3rd person, all-seeing narrator

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Parody

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Humorous/ satirical imitations of another artist’s work

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Personification

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When an animal, object or idea are described as though they are human

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Suspense

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The interest, excitement or uncertainty that a reader feels while waiting for the conflict to resolve

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Black comedy

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Disturbing/ absurd material presented in a humorous way

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Elegy

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A poem that mocks a death

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Epic

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Long narrative denoting the story of heroes

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Epigram

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Short, witty statement

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Legend

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Story about heroic figures rooted in historical events

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Myth

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Story about cultural origins rooted in the supernatural

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Novella

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A short novel with short chapters

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Farce

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High energy comedy that confuses and deceives characters and features a fast-paced plot

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Problem play

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Confronts a contemporary social problem, intending to change public opinion on the matter

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Tragedy

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A serious play that ends unhappily for the protagonist

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Tone

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Feeling associated with a passage

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Cacophony

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Harsh, rough or unmusical sounding language

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Anastrophe

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When the subject, verb or object of a sentence is changed

sPeAk LiKe YoDa We MuSt

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Catharsis

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Emotional discharge

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Euphony

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Smooth/ pleasant sounding words

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but is logical and makes sense when interpreted

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Synthetic personalisation

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Addressing a large audience

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Pysma

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Asking multiple questions in succession

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Sibilance

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Repetition of the s sound

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Synecdoche

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A part is used to represent the whole

67
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Plosives

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Repetition of ‘b’ and ‘p’ sounds

68
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Assonance

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Repetition of vowels

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Juxtaposition

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2 contrasting concepts and characters

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Oxymoron

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2 opposite words places side by side

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