Semester One Flashcards

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as

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What is a similie

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Comparing two things that are unlike using like or as

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What is Personification?

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When human qualities are given to non living things

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Alliteration?

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Repetition of constant sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words

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Repetition

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A sound phrase word or line is repeated for emphasis

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Imagery

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Describes words or phrases

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Onomatopoeia

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Creating or making words that are sounds

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Idiom

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Means something other than the literal meaning

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Hyperbole

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The truth is exaggerated for a humerus effect

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Irony

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Contrast between what is expected and what actually exists

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Situational irony

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When a character or the reader expects one thing to happen but something else actually happens

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Verbal irony

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When a character or writer says one thing but means another

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Dramatic irony

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The contrast between what a character knows and what the audience knows

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Symbolism

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A person place object or activity that represents something beyond itself

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Cleave

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To cling to

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Beguile

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Deceived tricked or mislead

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Enmity

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Hatred or Hostility

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Cherubim

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Angels second in charge in power only to arch angels

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Covenant

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A formal agreement

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Assuage

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Became calm or smooth

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Invoke

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To call on (as in a prayer)

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Recompense

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To pay or give compensation

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Lapidary

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Gemstone cutter

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Stuple

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Basic food supplies

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Valiant

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Boldly courageous

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Tumult

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Violent and noisy

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Dharma

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Essential quality or character. Also a sacred duty

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Doctrines

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Something that is taught

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Succession

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The coming of one person

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Oppression

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Authority in a cruel or unjust manor

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Disposition

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A state of mind regarding something

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Resin

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Substance obtained from certain pines

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Thesis statement

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A thesis statement consists of a topic and a opinion that will attempt to prove with your essay

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Archetypes

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Images and ideas that appear in art and mythology

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The Heros journey

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  1. Departure
  2. Initiation
  3. The Departure
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Departure

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Unusual birth or childhood

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Call to adventure

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Something that spurs the hero to take action