Summer Vocab Flashcards

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Allegory

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Text that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually political or moral

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words close or next to each other

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Allusion

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Text that references a well known place, event, or literary work

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Ambiguity

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Text that is open to multiple interpretations

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Anachronism

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The text has an error in chronology; something is out of time and out of place

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Analogy

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Creating a relationship between two unlike things by finding similarities; conveys an idea through comparison

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the first part of a sentence for effect

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Antagonist

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A character who stands in opposition to the protagonist or main character

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Antihero

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Protagonist or main character in a story who lacks stereotypical hero attributes

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Antithesis

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Puts two contrasting ideas together to emphasize the difference

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Aphorism

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A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise or witty manner

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Apostrophe

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When a writer or speaker detaches himself from reality and addresses an imaginary character in a speech

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Archetype

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A typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent a pattern of human nature

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Aside

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Term used in theatre; when a characters dialogue is spoken but not heard by other characters

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Assonance

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Repetition of a vowel or dip-thong in non rhyming words

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Asyndeton

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Writing style where conjunctions are removed from a series of phrases, words, or clauses; used to shorten the sentence to emphasize its meaning

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Bildungsroman

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A novel concerning a protagonists development and maturing

18
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Blank verse

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Verse without rhyme that uses iambic pentameter

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Bombast

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Pretentious or boastful talk

20
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Cacophony

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A mixture of sharp and harsh words

21
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Caesura

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A natural pause in a line of poetry