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vocab Flashcards

1
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ad misericordiam

A

to compassion or pity, appeal to pity

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2
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anachronism

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a thing belonging or appropiate to a period other than that in which it exists

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3
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analogy

A

comparison between two similar things for clarification

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4
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antecedent

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the word that a pronoun refers to or replaces

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5
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antithesis

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the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas

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aphorism

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statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner; pithy observation that contains a general truth
ex. proverbs, maxims

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7
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apostrophe

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poet or actor directly addresses someone not present or dead

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8
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apotheosis

A

giving divine status

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9
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aside

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character’s dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors

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10
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assonance

A

same vowel sounds withing words near to each other

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aubade

A

poem or song that greets the dawn

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bathos

A

bad, unintentional pathos

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13
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blank verse

A

u/ u/ u/ u/ u/
unrhymed iambic pentameter

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14
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catharsis

A

emotional discharge, spiritual renewal

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15
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chiasmus

A

ABBA sentence

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16
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conceit

A

extended metaphor that compares two unlike things in a surprising or confusing way

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17
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connotation

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implied meaning, feelings, emotions behind words

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18
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consonance

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consonant sounds inside words near each other

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denouement

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resolution of a work

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20
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deus ex machine

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plot device where an unsolvable problem is solved by outside intervention

21
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didactic

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story or poem teaches a lesson

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distortion

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twists, exaggerates, changes, and makes something quite different from what it actually is in reference to

23
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enjambment

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no punctuation at end of line of punctuation in the middle of a line

24
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epigram

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witty or surprising phrase in work

25
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epigraph

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short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme

26
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epistolary novel

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written though series of letter or notes

27
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euphony

A

pleasant to the ear

28
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farce

A

low comedy, exaggerated

29
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fulcrum

A

turning or pivot point in a work

30
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hubris

A

excessive pride

31
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in media res

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starting in the middle of the action

32
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litotes

A

understatement

33
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metonymy

A

replacement of the thing or concept that it’s related to
ex. “suits”

34
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dramatic irony

A

audience knows more info than the actors do

35
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situational irony

A

discrepancy between what’s expected and what happens
ex. marriage counselor files for divorce

36
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italian/petrachian sonnet

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eight-line stanze rhyming ABBAABBA and a six-line stanze CDCDCD or CDEEDE

37
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english/shakespearean sonnet

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three quatrains with four lines each, resolves in a couplet

38
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parable

A

didactic narrative short story that reveals allegorically a principle or moral lesson

39
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periodic sentence

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sentence where the main point or idea of that sentence doesn’t occur until the last words

40
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caesura

A

break between words in a metrical foot

41
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heroic couplet

A

rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter

42
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meter

A

anapest - uu/
dactylic - /uu
pyrric - uu
iambic - u/
trochaic - /u
spondee - //

43
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point of view

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1st person protagonist: uses “I”, main character
1st person witness: witnessing the story using “I” pronouns
1st person narrator/re-teller: retelling something they’ve heard using “I”
1st person unreliable: someone we can’t trust to tell us the whole truth
2nd person: uses “you” pronouns
3rd person objective: can only relate what is seen and heard
3rd person limited: can tell you what one or two characters is feeling
3rd person omniscient: can tell you what everyone is thinking

44
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semantics

A

form of logic and linguistics concerned with meaning

45
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synecdoche

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figure of speech in which a part represents the whole

46
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syntax

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the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence

47
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tongue in cheek

A

a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a serious manner

48
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villanelle

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a French verse form consisting of 5 three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, the first and third line of the 1st stanza repeat alternately in the following stanzas

49
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volta

A

the turn of thought or argument in a sonnet

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