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Vocab Flashcards

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Ambiguity

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(Noun) - Something whose meaning is uncertain.

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Analogy

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(Noun) - A comparison between two different things.

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Chronological

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(Adjective) - Arranged according to time sequence.

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Clause

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(Noun) - A group of words that contains both a subject and verb.

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Contrast

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(Verb) - To show differences

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Denotation

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(Noun) - The literal or dictionary definition of a word.

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Diction

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(Noun) - The author’s choice of words.

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Euphemism

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(Noun) - A more attractive way of saying something that causes discomfort

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Genre

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(Noun) - The major category into which a literary work fits.

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Homily

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(Noun) - A serious talk involving moral or spiritual advice.

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Infer

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(Verb) - To conclude from evidence

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Loose Sentence

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(Noun) - A sentence in which the independent clause comes first.

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Metonymy

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(Noun) - A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it.
Ex1: The White House says….
Ex2: The pen is mightier than the sword.

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Paradox

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(Noun) - A statement that appears contradictory

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Repetition

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(Noun) - The duplication of any sound, word, phrase, or grammatical pattern.

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Sarcasm

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(Noun) - Bitter language that is intended to hurt a person or thing.

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Sophistication

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(Noun) - Wisdom caused by world experience.

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Synthetic

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(Adjective) - Involving more than one sense.

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Subject

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(Noun) - The word or words that follow a linking verb.

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Narrative

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(Noun) - The telling of a story.

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Antecedent

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(Noun) - The word to which the pronoun refers.

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Anecdote

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(Noun) - A short account of an incident

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Comparison

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(Noun) - A statement of similarities

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Conceit

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(Noun) - The comparison of two highly dissimilar things

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Diatribe

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(Noun) - A bitter verbal attack

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Hyperbole

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(Noun) - An extreme exaggeration

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Mood

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(Noun) - The emotion that the reader feels when reading a literary work

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Parallelism

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(Noun) - The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences

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Parody

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(Noun) - An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work

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Periodic Sentence

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(Noun) - A sentence with the independent clause at the end

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Rhetoric

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(Noun) - The art of using language effectively

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Predicate Adjective

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(Noun) - The adjective that follows a linking verb

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Satire

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(Noun) - A work that ridicules humans or social institutions

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Semantics

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(Noun) - The meaning of a word or sentence

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Synecdoche

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(Noun) - 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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(Noun) - The presentation of something as less important than it actually is

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Wit

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(Noun) - Intellectual language that surprises and delights

38
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Colloquial

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(Noun) - Characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech

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Aphorism

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(Noun) - 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

41
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Atmospere

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The mood that is created from setting details

42
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Connotation

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The Meaning associated with a word

43
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Discorse

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Mode of conversation

44
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Invective

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A verbally abusive attack

45
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Mode

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A method or form

46
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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms

47
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Pedantic

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Tending to be overly scholarly or overly observative to rules

48
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Predicate Nominative

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It is a noun, group of nouns, or clause that renames the subject

49
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Prose

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Any writing that is not poetry

50
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Style

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The Unique way an Author presents his ideas

51
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Syllogysm

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

52
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Syntax

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The way in which words are arranged in a sentence

53
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Chiasmas

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A reversal in the words order of two parallel word groups

54
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Pun

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A humorous use of a word

55
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Enthymeme

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A syllogism with one premise ommitted

56
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Antithesis

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Two opposing ideas presented in a parallel ?matter?

57
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Apostrophe

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

58
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Elegiac

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Expressing sorrow for that which is in the past

59
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Declarative Sentence

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A sentence that makes a statement a fact.

60
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Epithet

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

61
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Facetious

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playful, humorous

62
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Gothic

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Old fashioned, sometimes to the point of being barbarous or crude

63
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Idyllic

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Simple, tranquil and carefree

64
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Litotes

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A type of understatement that asses a point by denying its negative

65
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Lugubrious

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Dismal or gloomy especially to an exaggerated degree

66
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Macabig

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Suggesting the horror of death and decay

67
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Maudlin

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Excessively sentimental

68
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Nostalgia

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A bitter sweet longing for things of the past

69
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Rhapsodic

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Impassioned, enthusiastic or ecstatic

70
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Appositive

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A word or phrase that directly follows the noun it modifies

71
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Obloquy

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Public condemnation

72
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Paean

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A song of praise or joy

73
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Phrase

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A grouping of the words without a subject, a word or both

74
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Assertion

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The thesis of an essay

75
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Discordant

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Disagreeable in sound

76
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Cacophony

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Harsh discordant sounds in a literary work

77
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Comic Relief

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A humorous character or scene inserted between tragic events

78
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Deconstruct

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To break something into parts in order to understand the parts

79
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Epigraph

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A quotation at the beginning of a literary composition

80
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Euphony

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The presentation of pleasant sounds in a work

81
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Exclamatory Sentence

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A sentence that shows excitement and ends in an explanation

82
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Exposition

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Background info presented in a work

83
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Flashback

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A device that allows the writer to refer to past events

84
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Ibid

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The source directly above the source

It’s the source directly above “ibid”

85
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Monologue

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A speech given by one character

86
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Parable

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

87
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Polysyndeton

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The presence of any conjunctions between clauses

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