Vacab Unit1 Flashcards

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Story with a meaning other than the literal one.(story telling)

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Allegory(n)

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The address of some non-personal object as if it were able to reply.

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Apostrophe(n)

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The beat,rate,or measure of any rhythmic movement.

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Cadence(n)

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Quality of being educational.

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Didacticism(n)

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A story not found on fact.

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Fable(n)

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Extravagant exaggeration

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Hyperbole(n)

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A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

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Metaphor(n)

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Statement that is seemingly contradictory.

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Paradox(n)

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Act of ascribing human qualities to an inhuman object.

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Personification(n)

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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.

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Simile(n)

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Something that represents something else.

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Symbol(n)

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The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny.

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Irony(n)

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Representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify.

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Understatement(n)

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Bitter derision.

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Sarcasm(n)

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Situation in which action have an effect that is opposite from what was intended.

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Situational irony(n)

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Situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

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Dramatic irony(n)