Term list Flashcards

1
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Any arrangement of words

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Text

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2
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Category of literature

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Genre

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3
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pros, verse, frama

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Major Genre

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4
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Specific subdivision of major genre

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Minor Genre

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5
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text written in standard paragraph form

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Prose

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6
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text not written in standard paragraph form

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verse

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7
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text meant to be preformed

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drama

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8
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visually descriptive or figurative language

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imagery

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9
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arrangements of lines

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stanza

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10
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continues without pause into the next line

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enjambment

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11
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the use of words to create a desired sound or pattern

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Sound Devices

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12
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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Alliteration

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13
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repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words (not ryhme)

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Consonance

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14
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repetition of vowel sounds

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Assonance

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15
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similar sounds include the vowel and the consonants

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Rhyme

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16
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sounds are similar but not exact cat/map

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approximate

17
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sounds are identical cat/ hat

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Exact

18
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rhyme occurs in the last syllable: attack/slack

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Masculine

19
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rhyme occurs in the last two or more syllables: Manageable/tangible

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Feminine

20
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Occurs at the end of line

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End Rhymee

21
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Occurs within the lines

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Internal

22
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Words that look like they would rhyme but don’t: flown down

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Sight

23
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Pattern created by the rhyming in a line, capital letters used to show pattern

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Rhyme Scheme

24
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Devices that enable the writer to operate on levels other than the literal

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Figures of Speech

24
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Direct comparison between dissimilar things

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Metaphor

25
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Indirect comparison that uses connective words (like,as,seem,as) to link differing items

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Simile

26
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Assigning human qualities to an inanimate object or concept

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Personification

27
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Extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

28
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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

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diction

29
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Feeling created by the text

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Mood

30
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Attitude of the writer or character towards a given subject

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Tone

31
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General Statement about life a literal text makes

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Theme