Term 1 Final Flashcards

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonance sounds, usually at the end of a word

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds, usually at the end of a word

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Oxymoron

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Two words that are contradictory to each other in a setence

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Cacophony

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A combination of harsh or unpleasant sounds

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Allusion

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Reference to something else

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Alliteration

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Multiple words in a sentence beginning with the same letter.

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Paradox

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Contradictory words with an element of truth.

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Diction

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Word choice.

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Apostrophe

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Speaker talks to a dead person or an inanimate object

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Euphony

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Pleasant sounds

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to an object or animal

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Repetition

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same word, line, or phrase used over again and again

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Narrative Intrusion

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Author/ narrator speaks directly to the reader

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows what will happen before the audience

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Tragic Flaw

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An imperfection that is exaggerated and leads to their downfall

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Hubris

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Overbearing pride

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Symbolism

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When one thing stands for another

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Objective Correlative

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Focusing on an object and using it as a way to describe a character’s feeling

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Muscular Christianity

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Philosophy tha tone can become stronger through self deprivation

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Bildungsroman

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Novel of growth and development