Spelling Week 11 Flashcards

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Parody

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imitation of a style with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

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Pathetic Fallacy

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the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals

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pathos

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a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

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persona

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the aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others.

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personification

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human characteristics to something non human

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protagonist

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main character

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pun

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a joke - play on words

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quatrain

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stanza of four lines

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repetition

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to say something more than once

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rhetoric

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language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effec

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