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Vocab round 1
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Literature
12th Grade
09/11/2010

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Personification
Definition
assigning human qualities to something not human
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration or overstatement
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euphemism
Definition
polite, less offensive term for someting that might offend someone
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metaphor
Definition
direct comparison of two unlike things
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simile
Definition
indirect comparison, using "like" or "as"
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symbol
Definition
object that has a literal and figurative meaning
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image
Definition
word or phrase that eevokes one of the 5 senses
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asyndeton
Definition
deliberate omission of conjunctions
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polysyndeton
Definition
intentionally employing a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses
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stock character
Definition
a stereotypical or archetypal character, sometimes a vehicle for parody
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verisimilitude
Definition
appearance of truth; quality of seeming to be true
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apostrophe
Definition
using 2nd person in a poem to address an absent "you"
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diction
Definition
word choice
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sesquipedalian diction
Definition
diction characterized by the use of long words
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syntax
Definition
order of words in a phrase, clause or sentence
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tone
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in fiction, the narrator's attitude as sensed by the reader
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mood
Definition
emotional impact of a piece of writing
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Theme
Definition
general idea/insight about life a writer wishes to express
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ambiguity
Definition
quality of having more than one possible meaning
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