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06/04/2013

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Allegory
Definition
Story or poem, characters stand for other people/abstract ideas or qualities
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition same or similar constant sounds
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to someone or something from history
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Ambiguity
Definition
Deliberately suggesting two or more meanings
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Analogy
Definition
Comparison btw two things to show how they are alike
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Anaphora
Definition
Repitition of word/phrase at beginning of two or more sentences in a row
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Anastrophe
Definition
Inversion of usual order of sentence
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Anecdote
Definition
Brief story
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Antagonist
Definition
Opponent who struggles against or blocks hero
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Antimetabole
Definition
Repitition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
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Antithesis
Definition
Balancing words that are strongly contrasted
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Antihero
Definition
Central character that lacks qualities associated with heros
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Anthropomorphism
Definition
Attributing human characteristics to animals
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Apostrophe
Definition
Calling out to dead, imaginary, absent person
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Apposition
Definition
Placing in succession, separated by colon
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Assonance
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Repitition of similar vowel sounds
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Asyndeton
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Commas used to separate without conjunctions
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Balance
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Constructing sentence so both halves are equal
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Characterization
Definition
Process writer reveals personality of character
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Direct characterization
Definition
Author directly tells what character is like
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Indirect characterization
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Author reveals what character is like through looks and what the character says
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Static character
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Does not change in course of the story
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Dynamic characterization
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One that changes in the course of the story
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Flat character
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Has only one or two personality traits
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Round characterization
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More dimensions to their personalities
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Chiasmus
Definition
Poetry, rhetorical balance, second part syntactically balanced against the first
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Cliche
Definition
Word or phrase that has become lifeless
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Colloquialism
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Word or phrase used in everyday conversation
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Comedy
Definition
happy resolution
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Conceit
Definition
Elaborate metaphor that compares two completely s difthingsthings
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Confessional poetry
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Poetry that uses intimate material from the poets life
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Conflict
Definition
Ctruggle btw opposing forces
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External conflict
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Conflicts btw a person, nature, machine, or society
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Internal conflict
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Conflict within the mind
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Connotation
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Associations and emotional overtones attached to words or phrases
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CoupletCouplet
Definition
Two consecutive rhyming lines in poetry
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Dialect
Definition
Way of speaking characterized with a certain group in a certain area
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Diction
Definition
Speakers choice of words
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Didactic
Definition
Fiction/nonfiction that teaches a lesson
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Elegy
Definition
Poem of mourning
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Epanalepsis
Definition
Repetition in which same expression repeated at beginning and end
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Epic
Definition
Long narrative poem
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Epigraph
Definition
QuotationQuotation at beginning of literary work
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Epistrophe
Definition
repetition same expression repeated at end of line
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Epithet
Definition
Adjective applied to person applied to something frequently used to emphasize a characteristic
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Essay
Definition
Short piece of nonfiction prose, discusses a subject
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Argumentation
Definition
Four forms of discourse to develope an effective means to convince the reader
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Persuasion
Definition
Emotional appeal
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Argument
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Reason
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Casual relationship
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Logic
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Description
Definition
Language to create a mood
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Exposition
Definition
Something is explained
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Narrative
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Tells about a series of events
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Explication
Definition
Act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of text
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Fable
Definition
Very short story that teaches a lesson
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Farce
Definition
Comedy in which ridiculous and stereotyped characters are involved
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Figurative Language
Definition
Word which are inaccurate if interpreted literally
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Flashback
Definition
Scene that interrupts normal sequence of events
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Foil
Definition
Character who acts contrast to another character
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Foreshadowing
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Hints or clues to suggest what will happen later
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Free verse
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Character that doesn't conform to regular meter
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Hyperbole
Definition
Figure speech that uses exaggeration
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Hypotactic
Definition
Sentence marked by use of connecting words btw clauses or sentences
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Imagery
Definition
Use of language to evoke a picture
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Inversion
Definition
Reverse of normal word order in a sentence or phrase
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Irony
Definition
Discrepancy btw appearances and reality
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Verbal irony
Definition
Someone says something but really means something else
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Situational irony
Definition
discrepancy btw what is expected to happen and what really does happen
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Dramatic irony
Definition
Character in a play thinks one thing is trme, but the audience knows better
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Juxtaposition
Definition
Poetic, normally unassociated ideas are pleased nean on one another creating an effect of wit
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Litotes
Definition
Positive form emphasized through negation of negative form
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Local color
Definition
Term applied to fiction, place special emphasis on a particular setting
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Loose sentence
Definition
Main clause comes first followed by dependent grammatical units
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Lyric poem
Definition
Poem doesn't tell a story but expresses personal thoughts
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparison btw two unlike things without use of specific words of comparison
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Implied metaphor
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Docan not state explicitly the two terms of comparison
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Extended metaphor
Definition
Metaphor is extended
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Dead metaphor
Definition
Metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid
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Mixed metaphor
Definition
Metaphor that has gotten out of control and mixes its terms, visually incompatible
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Metonymy
Definition
Person, place, for thing is referred to by something closely associated with it
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Mood
Definition
Atmosphere created by diction and details
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Motif
Definition
Recurring image, word, phrase, etc used throughout a work
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Motivation
Definition
Reasons for characters behavior
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words whose sounds echo their sense
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Oxymoron
Definition
Contains opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
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Parable
Definition
Short story that teaches a lesson about how to lead a good life
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Paradox
Definition
Statement that appears self-contradictory
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Koan
Definition
Paradox used in Zen Buddhism
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Parallel Structure
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Parallelism
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Paratactic sentence
Definition
Juxtaposes clauses or sentences
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Parody
Definition
Works that make fun of another work by imitating some aspects of a writers style
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Periodic
Definition
Places main idea at the end of the sentence
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Personification
Definition
An object or animal is given thoughts or feelings
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Plot
Definition
Series related events in a story or play
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Exposition
Definition
Introduces characters, situation, setting
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Rising Action
Definition
Complications in conflict and situations
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Climax
Definition
Plot that creates greatest intensity
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Resolution
Definition
Conclusion of the story
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Point of view
Definition
Vantage point from which the writer tells the story
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First person
Definition
One character tells the story
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Third person
Definition
Unknown narrarator tells the story
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Omniscient
Definition
All knowing narrator tells the story
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Objective
Definition
Narrator who is impersonal tells the story
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Polysyndeton
Definition
Uses conjunction with no commas
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Protagonist
Definition
Central character in the story
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Pun
Definition
Play on words, uses words that sound alike but with different meanings
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Quatrain
Definition
Poem consisting of four lines
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Refrain
Definition
Word, phrase, line, or group lines that is repeated for effect
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Rhythm
Definition
Rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation ostresses end and unstressed syllables
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Rhetoric
Definition
Art of effective communication
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Rhetorical question
Definition
Question asked for effect
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Romance
Definition
Story in which an idealized hero undertakes a quest and using successful
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Satire
Definition
Type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people/institution to bring about change
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Simile
Definition
Makes an explicity comparison btw two unlike things using words such as like, as, then, or resembles
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Soliloquy
Definition
Long speech made by a character while he or she is alone
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Stereotype
Definition
Fixed idea of a character that does not allow for individuality
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Stream of consciousness
Definition
Style of writing that portrays the inner workings of a characters mind
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Style
Definition
Way in which writer uses a language
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Suspense
Definition
feeling of uncertainty for curiosity
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Symbol
Definition
Person, place, thing, or event that stands for something more than itself
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Synecdoche
Definition
Part represents the whole
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Syntactic fluency
Definition
Ability to create a variety f sentence structures
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Syntactic permutation
Definition
Sentence structures that are complex and involved
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Tall Tale
Definition
Outrageously exaggerated story, unbelievable
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Telegraphic Sentence
Definition
Sentence shorter than five words
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Theme
Definition
Insight about human life revealed in a literary work
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Tone
Definition
Attitude a writer takes toward a n subject, characters, or audience
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Tragedy
Definition
Story where a heroic character dies or has an unhappy resolution
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Tricolon
Definition
Sentence with three parts of equal importance or length
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Understatement
Definition
Statement that says less than it means
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Unity
Definition
Unified parts of writing related to one central idea
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Vernacular
Definition
Language  spoken by people that live in a particular area
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