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Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Ambiguity

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Something whose meaning is uncertain.

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Analogy

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A comparison between two different items.

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Contrast

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To show differences.

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Denotation

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The literal or dictionary definition of a word.

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Diction

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The author’s choice of words.

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Euphemism

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A more acceptable way of saying something that causes discomfort

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Genre

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The major category into which a literary work fits.

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Homily

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A serious talk that involves moral or spiritual advice.

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Chronological

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Arranged according to time order.

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Clause

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A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

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Infer

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To conclude from evidence.

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Loose sentence

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A sentence in which the independent clause comes first.

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Narrative

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The telling of a story

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it.

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Paradox

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A statement that appears self contradictory.

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Repetition

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The duplication of any sound, word, phrase, or grammatical pattern.

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Sarcasm

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Bitter language that is intended to hurt a person or thing.

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Sophistication

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Wisdom caused by world experience

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Synesthetic

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Involving more than one sense.

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Subject Complement

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The word or words that follow a linking verb

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Anecdote

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A short account of an incident.

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Antecedent

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The word to which a pronoun refers.

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Comparison

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A statement of similarities.

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Conceit

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A comparison of two highly dissimilar things.

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Diatribe

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A bitter verbal attack.

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration.

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Mood

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The emotion that the reader feels when reading a literary work.

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Parallelism

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The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences

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Parody

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An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work (double check the answer)

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Periodic sentence

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A sentence with the independent clause at the the end.

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively.

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Predicate Adjective

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The adjective that follows a linking verb

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Satire

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A work that ridicules humans or social institutions. (Has sophisticated irony)

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Semantics

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The meaning of a word or sentence

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing.

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Understatement

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The presentation of something as less important than it really is.

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Wit

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Intellectual language that surprises and delights

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Colloquial

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Characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech.

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Aphorism

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A brief statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth.

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Ad Hominem

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Appealing to a person’s prejudices

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Atmosphere

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The mood created from setting details

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Connotation

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A meaning associated with a word

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Coherent

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Following an orderly logical pattern that is easy to understand

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Didactic

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Morally instructive

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Discourse

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conversation

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Invective

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a verbally abusive attack

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Mode

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a method or form

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms

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Pedantic

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tending to be overly scholarly or overly observant to rules

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Predicate Nominative

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a noun, a group of nouns, or clause that renames a subject

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Prose

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Any writing that is not poetry or drama

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Style

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The unique way an author presents his ideas.

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Syllogism

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A logical argument that presents two premises from which a conclusion is drawn.

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Subordinate Clause

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A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but can’t stand alone as a complete thought.

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Syntax

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The way in which words are arranged in a sentence.

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Chiasmus

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A reversal in the word order of two parallel phrases or clauses

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Pun

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A humorous use of a word

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Enthymene

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A syllogism with one premise omitted.

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Antithesis

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two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner

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Apostrophe

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a poetic device in which the speaker addresses an idea or a person who is not present.

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Declarative sentence

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A sentence that makes a statement of fact

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Elegiac

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Expressing sorrow for that which is in the past

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Gothic

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Old fashioned (sometimes to the point of being barbarous or crude)

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Idyllic

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Simple, tranquil, and carefree

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Epithet

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A descriptive word or phrase that stresses the dominant trait of a noun

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Facetious

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playfully humourous

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Laudatory

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expressing praise

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Imperative Sentence

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a sentence that makes a command

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Litotes

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A type of understatement that asserts a point by denying its negative.

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Lugubrious

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Dismal or gloomy especially to an exaggerated degree

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Macabre

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Suggesting the horror of death and decay

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Maudlin

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expressively sentimental

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Nostalgia

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A bittersweet longing for things of the past

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Rhapsodic

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Impassioned, enthusiastic, and ecstatic

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Appositive

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a word or phrase that directly follows the noun it modifies

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Obloquy

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public condination

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Paean

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A song of praise or joy

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phrase

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a grouping of words without a subject, verb, or both.

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Assertion

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The thesis of an essay

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Discordant

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Disagreeable in sound

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Cacophony

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Harsh, discordant sounds in literary work

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Comic relief

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A humorous character or scene inserted between tragic events in a literary work

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Deconstruct

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To break something into pats in order to understand the meanings of the parts

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Epigraph

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A quotation at the beginning or a literary work

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Euphony

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The presentation of pleasant sounds in a work

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Exclamatory sentence

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A sentence that shows excitement and ends in an exclamation point.

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Exposition

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Background information presented in a work

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Flashback

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A device that allows the writer to refer to past events

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Ibid

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The same as the source above

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Monologue

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A speech given by one character

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Parable

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A story that operates on more than one level and teaches a moral

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Polysyndeton

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The presence of many conjunctions between clauses.

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Subordination

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The process of giving one idea in a sentence less emphasis than another idea in a sentence.

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Urbane

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Refined often in an elegant matter

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