Vocab List 5 Flashcards

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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 a literary work

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3
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Comic relief

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A humorous character or scene inserted between tragic events

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4
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Deconstruct

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To break something into parts in order to understand the meaning of the parts

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5
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Epigraph

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A quotation at the beginning of a literary composition

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Euphony

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The presentation of pleasant sounds in a work of literature

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7
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Exclamatory sentence

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A sentence that shows excitement

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Exposition

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Background information presented in a work

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9
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Flashback

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A device that allows the writer to refer to past events

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10
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Ibid

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The same source as the one above

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11
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Monologue

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A speech given by one chapter (?)

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12
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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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13
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Polysyndeton

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The presence of many conjunctions between clauses

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14
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Urbane

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Refined and often elegant in manner

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15
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Voice

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The author’s original style

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16
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Assertion

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The thesis of an essay