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Ap lit first semester exam
syntax terms/poetry terms/structure terms
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Literature
12th Grade
12/12/2012

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diction
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word choice
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loose sentences
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front loaded--makes completes sense if brought to a close before the ending
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periodic sentence
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enloaded---makes sense only when you get to the end of the sentence
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polysyndeton
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deliberate or excessive use of conjuntions
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parallel structure
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structural similarity between sentences
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anaphora
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reptition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences
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rhetorical questions
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question that expects no answer
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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metaphor
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does not use like or as --"love is war"
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hyberbole
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extreme exagerration
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paradox
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a statement that contradicts itself
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oxymoron
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two words that contradict--jumbo shrimp
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pun
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play on words
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verbal irony
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say something but you mean the other
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allusion
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reference your expected to know (bible and mythology)
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in media res
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in the middle; everything has already started
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stream of conciousness
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following the thoughts of your narrator
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flashback
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tone
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how the speaker or the narrator feels about the subject
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alliteration
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repition of the same letter
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apostrophe
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A poetic device used to address absent or imaginary people/objects as if they were present or alive and able to respond.
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consonance
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the recurrence of similar sounds
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onamtopoeia
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imagery
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deus ex machina
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plot suddely resolved (god in the machine)
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synechdoche
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A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
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dystopia
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opposite of utopia
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