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What does ‘Aesthetic’ pertain to?

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The value of art for its own sake or for form.

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Define ‘Allegory’.

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A narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves; characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities.

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What is ‘Alliteration’?

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds within a formal grouping.

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What is an ‘Allusion’?

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A figure of speech that makes brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object.

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What does ‘Anachronism’ refer to?

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Use of historically inaccurate details in a text.

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Define ‘Anadiplosis’.

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Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause.

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What is an ‘Analogy’?

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Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects.

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What does ‘Anaphora’ mean?

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Regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.

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What is ‘Anastrophe’?

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Inversion of natural speaking order typical in Old English

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Define ‘Anecdote’.

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A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.

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Who is the ‘Antagonist’ in a literary work?

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Character or force that opposes the main character, or protagonist.

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What is ‘Antanagoge’?

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A negative and positive statement in one.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

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Define ‘Anthropomorphism’.

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The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

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What is an ‘Antihero’?

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Protagonist who does not embody traditional qualities of a hero.

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What does ‘Antimetabole’ involve?

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Repetition of words in successive clauses in transposed order.

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Define ‘Antithesis’.

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The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words or phrases.

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What is an ‘Aphorism’?

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A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief much like an idiom.

“Actions speak louder than words.”

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What does ‘Apophasis’ refer to?

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Saying something while denying it.

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What is an ‘Apostrophe’ in literature?

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A figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present.

Personification counterpart

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Define ‘Aside’.

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When a character speaks to an audience without other characters hearing.

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What is ‘Assonance’?

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The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.

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What does ‘Asyndeton’ mean?

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Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.

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What is a ‘Bildungsroman’?

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A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.

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Define ‘Catharsis’.

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Purification or cleansing of the spirit through emotions of pity and terror.

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What is 'Chiasmus'?
Figure of speech by which the order of terms in parallel clauses is reversed.
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What does 'Colloquial' refer to?
Ordinary language; the vernacular.
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Define 'Connotation'.
What is implied by a word.
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What is 'Consonance'?
The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels.
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What does 'Contradiction' signify?
A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
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Define 'Denotation'.
The dictionary definition of a word.
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What is 'Deus ex machina'?
Use of an artificial device to solve a difficult situation.
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What does 'Diacope' involve?
A repeated word or phrase split up by another word.
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What is 'Diction'?
An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect.
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What does 'Didactic' mean?
Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson.
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What is 'Dramatic Irony'?
When the audience knows something that the character doesn’t.
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Define 'Elegy'.
Poem or prose lamenting the death of a particular person.
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What does 'Epanalepsis' involve?
Repetition of a word at the end of a clause that was used at the beginning.
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What is an 'Epiphany'?
A sudden or intuitive insight into the reality or essential meaning of something.
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What is an 'Epigraph'?
Quote set at the beginning of a literary work to set the tone or suggest a theme.
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Define 'Epitaph'.
A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person.
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What does 'Epistolary' refer to?
A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters.
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What is 'Epistrophe'?
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
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Define 'Eponym'.
Use a famous person's name to convey an idea.
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What is a 'Eulogy'?
A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing.
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What does 'Euphemism' mean?
Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh.
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Define 'Ethos'.
An ethical appeal that convinces the audience of the speaker's credibility.
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What is an 'Expletive'?
A single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words.
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What is a 'Foil'?
A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast.
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What does 'Foreshadow' mean?
To hint at or present things to come in a story or play.
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Define 'Genre'.
Term used to describe literary forms, such as tragedy, comedy, novel, or essay.
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What is 'Hyperbole'?
An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language.
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What does 'Hypophora' refer to?
A question followed by an answer.
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Define 'Imagery'.
Sensory details in a work using figurative language.
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What does 'In medias res' mean?
Opening a story in the middle of the action.
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What is an 'Intertextual reference'?
When one text directly references another.
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Define 'Invective'.
The use of angry and insulting language in satirical writing.
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What is 'Irony'?
A situation characterized by significant difference between what is expected and what actually happens.
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What does 'Isocolon' mean?
Parallel structure where parallel elements are similar in grammatical structure and length.
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What is 'Juxtaposition'?
Placing two items side by side to create a certain effect.
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Define 'Litote'.
Form of understatement using the negative of the contrary to achieve emphasis.
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What does 'Logos' refer to?
An appeal to an audience's reason through logic.
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What is a 'Metaphor'?
A figure of speech that implies comparison between two things.
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Define 'Metonymy'.
A specific type of metaphorical expression referring to something closely associated.
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What is 'Mood' in literature?
The feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece.
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What does 'Motif' mean?
A recurrent device or situation that signals the appearance of a character or event.
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What is 'Onomatopoeia'?
A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes.
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Define 'Oxymoron'.
A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements.
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What is a 'Paradox'?
A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true.
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What does 'Parallelism' involve?
Recurrent syntactical similarity where parts of a sentence are expressed alike.
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What is 'Parody'?
A satirical imitation of a work of art.
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What does 'Pathetic Fallacy' refer to?
Giving human emotions to the natural world.
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Define 'Pathos'.
Emotional appeal through devices to create sympathy.
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What is 'Persona'?
The voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story.
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What does 'Personification' mean?
Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person.
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Define 'Perspective'.
A character's view of the situation or events in the story.
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What is 'Point of view'?
The view the reader gets of the action and characters in a story.
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What does 'Polysyndeton' refer to?
Overabundance of conjunctions in a list.
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What is 'Prose'?
The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure.
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Define 'Protagonist'.
The chief character in a work of literature.
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What is a 'Pun'?
A humorous play on words.
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What does 'Realism' mean?
The literary practice of describing life without idealization.
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What is a 'Rhetorical question'?
Asking a question not intended to be answered.
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Define 'Satire'.
A literary style that ridicules an idea, human vice, or weakness.
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What does 'Sarcasm' mean?
A sharp caustic remark; a form of verbal irony.
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What is a 'Simile'?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another.
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Define 'Soliloquy'.
Passage in a drama where a character expresses thoughts aloud.
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What is 'Stichomythia'?
A dialogue in a play where two characters speak alternate lines.
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What does 'Synecdoche' refer to?
A specific type of metaphor where one word represents another concept.
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Define 'Syntax'.
The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.
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What is a 'Theme'?
The central or dominant idea or concern of a work.
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What does 'Thesis' refer to?
Focus statement of an essay.
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What is 'Tone' in literature?
The attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme.
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Define 'Tricolon'.
List of three using similar syntactical structure.
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What is a 'Utopia'?
An imaginary place of ideal perfection.
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What does 'Voice' refer to?
The acknowledged or unacknowledged source of words of the story.
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What is 'Zeugma'?
Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs.
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What does 'Zoomorphism' mean?
Giving animal qualities to anything that is not that particular animal.

English Lang Lit HL (3 decks)

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