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Vocab Flashcards

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Allegory

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Portrays abstract ideas concretely

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Allusion

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A reference to another work of literature art, history, or current events

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Analogy

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A comparison between things to explain, or illustrate one or both things

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Anaphora

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Repetition of an initial word or words to add emphasis

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Apostrophe

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Direct address to abstraction, thing, or animal

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Atmosphere

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The feeling created for a reader by style, tone, setting or mood

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Bildungsroman

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A book that explores, a maturation of protagonist or coming-of-age

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Blank verse

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Unrymed iambic pentameter, close to natural patterns of speech

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Carpe died

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Literary theme “seize the day” encourages to joy the present

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Character

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A person depicted in a narrative

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Characterization

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Method author uses to build or reveal a characters traits

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Climax

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The point of the story when conflict reaches the highest intensity

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Colloquial Language/Colloquialism

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Expression or language construction for casual or informal writing

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Concrete

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Refers to particular things as opposed to a broad concept

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Conflict

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Tension, opposition, or struggle that drives the plot
External or internal 

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Connotation

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Meanings or associations, with a word or item beyond its definition

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Detonation

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The literal definition of a word or, “dictionary definition”

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Dialogue

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The written depiction of conversation between characters

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Direct characterization

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A narrator tells who a character is by background, motivation, temperament, and appearance

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Dramatic monologue

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A type of poem where the speaker not the author, addresses the audience present in the poem

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Elegy

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Contemplative poem about death or mortality, written for someone who died 

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Epigram

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Short or witty statement meant to surprise the audience or reader 

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Epigraph

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A quotation preceding it work of literature that helps set the mood or theme

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Epiphany

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A characters transformative moment of realization. 

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Eulogy

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A poem, speech, or other work in praise of something or someone no longer living

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Exposition

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Contextual and background information about characters, plot and situation and setting

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Extended metaphor

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A metaphor that continues over several lines for the entire work 

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Falling action

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The result of the climax or turning point

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Farce

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Dramatic form marked by wholly absurd situations, like slapstick, etc.

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Figurative language

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Uses figures of speech, non literal, evokes strong images

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First-Person Narrator

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The narrator is a character who tells the story from their own point of view.

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Flashback

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a scene in a narrative that is set in an earlier time than the main plot.

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Foil

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a contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more directly.

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Foreshadowing

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a plot device in which future events are hinted at.

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Hubris

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an excessive level of pride that leads to the protagonist’s downfall.

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Hyperbole

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defibrate exaggeration used for emphasis (an overstatement)

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Imagery

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a description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds.

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in media res

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meaning “in the middle of things”
a narrative that starts in the middle of the action.

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Indirect Characterization

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A characters is shown through what they say, do, think, or others opinions.

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Irony, dramatic

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a contrast between what a character thinks/says, and what the reader knows.

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Irony, situational

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A pointed discrepancy between what’s fitting and what happens.

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Irony, verbal

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a figure of speech that occurs when a person says one thing and means another. (sarcasm)

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Juxtaposition

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placing 2 things together for the sake of comparison/contrast.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares or equates 2 things without like or as.

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Metaphor, extended

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A metaphor that continues over several lines or the entire work.

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Meter

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The formal, regular organization of syllables in feet. The number of syllables and stress placement.

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech where something represented by another related thing.

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Monologue

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In a play, it’s a speech given by one person.

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Mood

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The feeling created for the reader by style, tone, or setting.

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Motif

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The recurring pattern of images, words, or symbols to reveal theme.

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Narrative Frame

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A plot device where main narrative is placed into another to help explain.

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Narrator

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A character who tells the narrative/story. Maybe with different points of view.

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Non Sequitur

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A reply or remark that does not have relevance to previous stuff.

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Ode

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Poetry to meditate or address about an object or condition.

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Omniscient Narrator

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An all-knowing voice in a story, has greater insight.

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Omniscient Point of View

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Uses 3rd person point of view/ pronouns. Is privy to thoughts and actions.

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Oxymoron

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A paradox made up of 2 seemingly contradictory words.

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Parable

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a tale told explicitly to illustrate a moral lesson or conclusion.

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Paradox

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a statement that seems contradictory but is actually not.

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Parallel Structure

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Repeated use of similar grammatical structures for emphasis.

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Parody

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A comic/satiric imitation of literary work or style.

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Passive Voice

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A sentence employs passive voice when a subject doesn’t act but is acted on.

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Personification

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a figure of speech in which an animal/object is imbued with human like qualities.

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Plot

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An arrangement of events often; Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion.

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a work is told; 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

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Protagonist

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the main character in a work, often a hero.

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Pun

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A play on words for humor. From the replacement of 1 word with another similar sounding word.

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Resolution

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The working out of a plot’s conflict, following the climax.

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Rising action

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events marked by increasing tension and conflict, builds to the climax.

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Satire

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A literary work that uses irony to critique society or an individual.

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Setting

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Where and when a story takes place.

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Setting, social

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Manners, mores, customs, rituals, and codes of conduct in a work.

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Simile

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A figure of speech used to explain or clarify an idea by comparing it to something else.

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Soliloquy

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In a play, it’s a monologue where a character, alone, reveals their thoughts or emotions.

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Speaker

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The character (often in a play) who is currently delivering lines.

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Stanza

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Lines in a poem that are grouped together, and separated from other lines.

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Stream of Consciousness

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A technique in which prose follows logic and flow of characters thoughts.

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Symbol

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Setting, object, or event in a story that caries more literal meaning and represents something significant.

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Synecdoche

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

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Theme

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The underlying issues or ideas of a work.

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Thesis Statement

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the chief claim that a writer makes in any argumentative work.

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Tone

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The speaker’s attitude as exposed through stylistic choices. It provides emotional coloring.

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Tragic Hero

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A character who possess a flaw or commits an error in judgment that leads to their downfall.

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Understatement

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The presentation of something less important that it actually is. Opposite of hyperbole.

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Vignette

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A short narrative scene or description. Often in one series.

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