Vocab List 2 Flashcards

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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

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Periodic Sentence

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A sentence with the independent clause at 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

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Semantics

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The meaning of a word or sentence

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Anecdote

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A short account of an incident

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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 surprised and delights

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Colloquial

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Characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech