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| Repetition of the same or like continent sound in words close together (i.e. Little Libby Loves Lollypops) |
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An (indirect) reference to something or someone in history, literature,
religion, politics, sports, science, or other cultural subjects.(i.e. The jock was like Romeo when he talked to the girls.) |
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| The suggestion of two or more different meanings in a work, often meant to confuse the reader.(i.e. I promise I'll give you a ring tomorrow.) |
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Something that is out of the time period in which it is mentioned.
(i.e. The pioneers drove the station wagon across the new Oregon Trail.) |
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Comparison between two things showing how they are alike.
(i.e. Putting my sister to bed is like taming a lion.) |
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| A metric rhythm, consisting of two short syllables and one longer one (two unstressed then one stressed) (i.e. Twas the night before Christmas…) |
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A brief story which illustrates a point or serves as an example of something,
often showing character of an individual. |
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Character who struggles against the ‘good’ character; the counterpart of the protagonist
(i.e. The Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz) |
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The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to.
(i.e. Bitty; When I say Bitty I told him to wear his vest.) |
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Balancing words, or phrases that contrast each other, often in terms of grammatical structure.
(i.e. Early America promised freedom and provided slavery.) |
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A clever statement that makes a wise observation or generalization about a principle or accepted truth.
(i.e. Rome wasn’t built in a day.) |
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calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or
thing, or a personified abstract idea.
(i.e. "The Sun Rising" by John Donne) |
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the original example, from which copies are made.
(i.e. The original ‘Star-crossed Lovers’ were Romeo and Juliet) |
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the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.
(i.e. ‘molten-golden,’ ‘make late’) |
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An unrhymed verse, having a metric rhythm, usually iambic pentameter.
(i.e. AP English tested the students commitment) |
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Unpleasant sound created by grouping of clashing continents.
(i.e. Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll- “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves…”) |
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| A purge or release of emotions of pity and fear by an audience at the end of a tragedy. |
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A ‘reverse parallel;’ the inversion of the second word of a paralleled phrase.
(i.e. Bitty said little and knew much; Liz knew nothing and spoke at length.) |
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an image or metaphor made to something unrelated, or unexpected.
(i.e. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?) |
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the feeling or association of a word in addition to it’s literal meaning.
(i.e. The connotation of home is often a warm, relaxing safe-haven.) |
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the repetition, at close intervals, of the final consonants of accented syllables or important words.
(i.e. Lady lounges lazily) |
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The literal, ‘dictionary’ meaning.
(i.e. “That’s what she said,” truly means ‘the girl stated that fact’ aside from it’s connotations) |
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an authors choice of words and manner of expression in words
(i.e. Speeches often exhibit certain professional diction by carefully choosing words and how they are said) |
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a form of fiction/non-fiction that provides a specific lesson or an example of correctness
(i.e. Our teacher's didactic technique boosted our scores.) |
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| a statement with incomplete syntax at the end of a line; it can not stand alone. |
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A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of
the theme.
(i.e. The epigraph to Eliot's Gerontion is a quotation from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.) |
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A presentation of a sudden realization and insight, usually symbolically.
(i.e. The young girl gasped when she found herself acting just like her mother.) |
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An adjective or phrase that describes something by it’s frequently emphasized quality.
(i.e. “Father of our Country”) |
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A vague substitution to replace another more harsh meaning.
(i.e. My grandmother passed away.) |
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| pleasant combination of sounds; smooth-flowing meter and sentence rhythm |
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| A comedic method in which silly characters are involved in far-fetched situations. |
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Words which are inaccurate when translate literally, but in turn require interpretation to find a deeper meaning.
(i.e. She wore her heart on her sleeve.) |
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| A character which acts in contrast to another. (i.e. Laertes and Fortinbras in Hamlet) |
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The use of clues to hint at what will happen next.
(i.e. the criminal eyed the gleaming knife, then looked to the prison guard) |
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Poetry that doesn’t take any specific form.
(i.e. I would like to be a dog, and sleep all day; eat treats too.) |
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A figure of speech that uses an incredible over exaggeration.
(i.e. I’ve told you a million times… ) |
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| a pattern used often in poetry, using a short syllable alternating with an long syllable throughout each line. |
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Language used to evoke a picture or feeling.
(i.e. I felt the suns rays envelope my body, as I sat in the daisy field.) |
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The reversal of normal word order in a sentence.
(i.e. Never has an English class been harder!) |
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A discrepancy between reality and appearance.
(i.e. “What nice Weather,” she said as the rain fell.) |
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language that makes a comparison between two things without using like or as
(i.e. He was such a pig!) |
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A figure of speech where a person, place of thing is replaced by a close association
(i.e. All hail the crown.) |
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Words that imitate it’s sound.
(i.e. Pop!) |
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A statement that combines opposite/contradictory terms.
(i.e. Fatboy Slim, Jumbo Shrimp…) |
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A statement that appears contradictory, but reveals a truth.
(i.e. She learned her lesson by not doing her homework.) |
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The repetition of words with similar grammatical structure.
(i.e. wishing, hoping, dreaming and praying) |
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A mockery, by teasing another’s writing style.
(i.e. Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” is a Parody of “Ridin’ Dirty”) |
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rhetorical persuasion appealing to emotion
(i.e. But I thought you loved me!) |
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A figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human qualities.
(i.e. The sun smiled down on us.) |
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The primary character in a story, who drives the action.
(i.e. Jane Eyre in the novel Jane Eyre) |
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The primary character in a story, who drives the action.
(i.e. Jane Eyre in the novel Jane Eyre) |
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a ‘play on words’ by exercising the word’s double meaning.
(i.e. I do it for the pun of it.) |
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| A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit. |
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A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several
times in a poem
(i.e. The chorus of a song is also called a refrain.) |
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Used in effective conversation, with the intent of persuasion.
(i.e. Let me go to the mall tonight, I did the dishes and walked the doog earlier.) |
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| A type of writing that mocks the shortcomings of something, in order instill change.(i.e. Animal Farm could been considered satire to Stalinist Russia) |
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| The name given to the second division of a sonnet, which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines. |
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A comparison between two things using like or as.
(i.e. She was sly like a fox.) |
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Something concrete that represents an abstract.
(i.e. The American flag often symbolizes Pride and Freedom) |
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a figure of speech where a part represents a whole.
(i.e. I got a new set of wheels.) |
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| The arrangement of words in a sentence. |
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The insight or premise of a literary work.
(i.e. Unrequited love was a theme in Romeo and Juliet) |
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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or
the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization |
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A statement that says less than meant.
(i.e. The Iraqi war is unnecessary.) |
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| The language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality. |
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