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Semester 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Allegory

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  • Animal farm: farm animals rebelling against their owner (Underlying story is about author’s disillusionment with Russian government
  • Lord of the Flies: Savagery and civilized manners rages within every human
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Alliteration

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  • Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet
  • Harry hurried home
    -Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round
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Allusion

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  • To me, his grin is like kryptonite (Superman’s weakness)
  • She had the feeling she had a golden ticket (Willy Wonka)
  • To my dog, our neighborhood park is the Garden of Eden (Bible)
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Ambiguity

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  • Jake saw her duck (actual duck or her ducking)
  • The chicken is ready to eat (People eating the chicken or the chicken is going to eat)
  • I saw the man with the telescope (Observer sees man with telescope or the man actually has a telescope)
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Anaphora

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  • So many places, so little time
  • I wish I may; I wish I might
  • You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t
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Antecedent

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  • Sheila is a great cook, and her food always tastes amazing
  • The car was parked in the driveway and it had a flat tire
  • John arrived late because traffic held him up
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Antithesis

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  • Hope for the best; prepare for the worst
  • Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven
  • Hero vs villain
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Aphorism

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  • A penny saved is a penny earned
  • Actions speak louder than words
  • Don’t judge a book by its cover
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Apostrophe

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  • O Romeo, Romeo
  • I know you’re in a better place now (talking to someone that died)
  • Hello darkness, my old friend
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Cacophony

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  • He grunted in a gruff voice
  • She sells seashells down by the seashore (tongue twisters)
  • Alarm bells/sirens
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Caricature

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  • Mr. Chadband is a large yellow man, with a fat smile
  • She had large eyes, nose, and mouth
  • The devil’s horns and tail were seen on his head
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Catharsis

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  • Romeo & Juliet’s deaths -> afterwards the families comfort each other (and thus the audience)
  • Not literature: ranting to others
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Clause

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  • When it rained, they went inside
  • I graduated last year
  • When I came here, I saw him and he greeted me
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Colloquialism

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  • Y’all
  • gonna
  • graveyard dead
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Connotation

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  • Blue (Sadness)
  • Childlike (good type of child behavior)
  • Confident (not overbearing in ability)
  • Cocky (overbearing in ability, demeaning to others)
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Diction

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  • The professor relishes erudite conversations with his pupils (Smart)
  • The dog boldly sauntered onto center stage (vivid & descriptive)
  • Y’all are gonna wanna see the wicked test Hank is doing (informal)
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Digression

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  • Talking about money is not the point of this meeting
  • Description about intelligence, but then describing listening skills
  • Question about liking -> turning into explaining why others may not understand
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Ethos

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  • Doctor recommends a product in an advertisement
  • Credible sources provided
  • State why a person is credible
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Euphemism

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  • No longer with us (dead)
  • Let go (fired)
  • Make love (sex)
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Foil

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  • God & Satan
  • Sherlock & Watson
  • Harry Potter & Draco Malfoy
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Foreshadowing

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  • Bad things always happen in autumn
  • It was a dark and stormy night (Trouble, danger & mayhem ahead)
  • I told myself this is the end of my trouble, but I didn’t believe myself
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Genre

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  • Fairy tale
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
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Hyperbole

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  • I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse
  • Cry me a river
  • This is the best book ever written
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Imagery

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  • The book was so old that some of the pages were yellowed
  • The warden’s keys clanked as he walked by
  • The air smelled salty, remembering that the beach is nearby
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Invective

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  • Deformed, crooked, old
  • Vicious, foolish, blunt
  • Knave, rascal, shallow
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Irony

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  • Fire station burning down
  • Romeo and Juliet’s deaths (Audience knows, but characters do not)
  • It’s so warm out! (actually below freezing)
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Logos

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  • Statistics/facts
  • Charts/graphs
  • Citation of information
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Metaphor

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  • The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed
  • Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair
  • She has a heart of gold
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Metonymy

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  • Lands belonging to the crown (Royal family)
  • Let me give you a hand (help)
  • The oval office was busy in work (The people that work there)
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Mood

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  • Nearly skipping into the room, her face glowed as she showed her shining, beautiful engagement ring
  • The air felt heavy with unsaid words
  • This bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard
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Motif

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  • Darkness & light in Wizard of Oz
  • Wealth in Great Gatsby
  • Blood in Macbeth
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Narrative

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  • “What I did on my summer vacation”
  • Description of someone’s day
  • Stories (fiction or non-fiction)
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Onomatopoeia

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  • Slam, splash
  • Bam, warble,
  • Gurgle, belch
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Oxymoron

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  • Parting is such sweet sorrow
  • Accurate estimate
  • Alone together
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Parable

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  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf
  • Good Samaritan
  • Adam & Eve
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Paradox

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  • I must be cruel, only to be kind
  • If I know one thing, it’s that I know nothing
  • This is the beginning of the end
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Parody

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  • Bored of the Rings (Lord of the Rings)
  • Nightlight (Twilight)
  • The Hunger Pains (Hunger Games)
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Pastoral

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  • The Passionate Shepherd
  • A Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd
  • The Bait
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Pathos

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  • ASPCA commercials
  • I’m not just invested in this community - I love everything here
  • Account of tornado sweeping through a small town
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Personification

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  • The sun smiled down on us
  • The story jumped off the page
  • The light danced on the surface of the water
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Point of View

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  • I, We, Our
  • You, Your
  • They, Them, Their
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Rhetoric

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  • Academic essay
  • Commencement speech
  • Cover letter
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Rhetorical Question

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  • If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
  • If you poison us, do we not die?
  • Do you want to be a failure for the rest of your life?
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Satire

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  • South Park
  • SNL
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Setting

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  • England, 1915
  • Zoo, Monday
  • Outer space
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Simile

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  • Cool as a cucumber
  • Fighting like cats and dogs
  • Bright as the sun
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Symbol

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  • White (purity)
  • Black (evil)
  • Roses (Romance)
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Theme

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  • Coming of age
  • Power
  • Survival
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Thesis

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  • It is easy to demonstrate that pets help humans
  • School uniforms should be required by schools
  • The author uses colloquialisms and a friendly tone to make the reader care about the topic
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Tone

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  • Due to the current economic situation, we are changing our company’s policy
  • I am certain this will work
  • I just don’t like the guy

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