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| 151018442 | name the Ex here: Stars & Stripes | synecdoche-form of metaphor in which a part of something is used to stand for the whole thing | 0 | |
| 151018443 | time and place | setting | 1 | |
| 151018645 | everyday spoken language of people in a certain region | vernacular | 2 | |
| 151020148 | a group of lines in a poem | stanza | 3 | |
| 151020149 | word choice | diction | 4 | |
| 151020150 | arrangement of sentence structure | syntax | 5 | |
| 151020151 | in a drama, where a character speaks alone onstage | soliloquy | 6 | |
| 151020152 | in a drama, a long uninterrupted speech | monologue | 7 | |
| 151020153 | in poetry, stanza made of 4 lines | quatrain | 8 | |
| 151020154 | a reason that explains why a character does what he does | motivation | 9 | |
| 151020851 | statement that seems contradictory. Ex: "It was the worst of times, it was the best of times." | paradox | 10 | |
| 153303666 | a figure of speech (trope) in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary "not so much" or he's "not a bad singer." | litotes | 11 | |
| 153303667 | A figure of speech (trope) involving exaggeration for comic effect | hyperbole | 12 | |
| 153303668 | A statement that seem self contradictory,"it was the best of times, it was the worst of times." | paradox | 13 | |
| 153303669 | juxtaposing two opposite words to present a paradox "friendly fire", "open secret". | oxymoron | 14 | |
| 153303670 | a recurring image or phrase in a work | leitmotif | 15 | |
| 153303671 | latin for "in the middle of". Technique whereby a narrative begins in the middle of the action. | in media res | 16 | |
| 153303672 | rhetorical figure where words are presented in mirrored order. "Fair is foul & foul is fai". Derived from the X shaped Greek letter chi. | chiasmus | 17 | |
| 153303673 | evasion in speech; using a large number of words to explain something | circumlocution | 18 | |
| 153303674 | an insult or abuse | invective | 19 | |
| 153303675 | a kind of apostrophe (personification)involving a direct request for help in writing to a divine/supernatural entity. | invocation | 20 | |
| 153303676 | using words that sound like they are such as sizzle or pop, bam. | onomatopoeia | 21 | |
| 153303677 | sad or depressed state of being. Poor Hamlet suffered this condition | melancholy | 22 | |
| 153303678 | A long lyric poem usually meditating on a lofty subject such as death in John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale". | ode | 23 | |
| 153303679 | poem written for someone who has passed | Elegy | 24 | |
| 153303680 | A 14 line poem of 3 quatrains ending in a rhyming couplet | Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet | 25 | |
| 153303681 | 14 line poem of an octave + a sestet presenting a problem in the first part & solution in the last part | Petrarchan sonnet | 26 | |
| 153314977 | Name the lit term used here: "He is as wise as Solomon" | Biblical allusion | 27 | |
| 153314978 | Name the lit term used here: "He displayed Herculean strength" | Mythological allusion | 28 | |
| 153321055 | WORDS YOU SHOULD NEVER USE IN AN ESSAY!!!!!! | "very", "great", "a lot", "phenomenal" | 29 | |
| 153321056 | subjects you should discuss in every essay | tone & theme | 30 | |
| 153321395 | author's attitude toward his work. Sniff out diction & syntax for clues to this necessary essay topic! | TONE | 31 | |
| 153322062 | tragic flaw; a tragic hero's flaw brings about his own destruction. Ex: Oedipus Rex | hamartia | 32 | |
| 153322932 | excessive pride that brings about one's fall | hubris | 33 | |
| 153322933 | a metric foot in poetry consisting of two stressed syllables. Ex: "full moon," "see breeze" | spondee | 34 | |
| 153324115 | also referred to as interior monologue, it's narrative that features the mental flow of characters such as Faulkner's "The Sound & The Fury" | stream of consciousness | 35 | |
| 153326962 | an image, myth, religion, folklore frequently used in literature thats evokes emotion bc it touches something deep within our unconscious memory | archetype | 36 | |
| 153326963 | a sudden realization of the truth | epiphany | 37 | |
| 153326964 | resolution of a story | denouement | 38 | |
| 153326965 | repetition of initial consonant sounds "The bee buzzed by" | alliteration | 39 | |
| 153326966 | repetition of the same consonant at the end of two or more words | consonance | 40 | |
| 153326967 | figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another thing closely associated with it | metonomy | 41 | |
| 153327737 | Thesis statement | A writer's statement of opinion which is his/her main focus | 42 | |
| 153327738 | A type of irony used frequently by writers (and teens!) | sarcasm | 43 | |
| 153327739 | Part of a poem in which the poet shifts from the situation to a possible solution or what will be | shift | 44 | |
| 153327740 | purifying the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions; an emphatic identification with others | catharsis | 45 | |
| 153327918 | the quality in a work that arouses a feeling of pity, tenderness, sorrow | pathos | 46 | |
| 153328594 | When a speaker/writer demonstrates a knowledge of the subject. The speaker is, therefore, demonstrating that he is a credible witness | ethos | 47 | |
| 153328595 | appeal to logic in writing or speech. The use of facts in writing or speech is an appeal to this. | logos | 48 | |
| 154261595 | a writer's characteristic way of writing | style | 49 | |
| 154261596 | the feeling created within a reader | mood | 50 | |
| 164343098 | TPCASTT | TITLE, PARAPHRASE, CONNOTATION, ATTITUDE (that's another word for tone), SHIFT, TITLE & THEME | 51 | |
| 164353249 | unrhymed iambic pentameter | blank verse | 52 | |
| 164353250 | free verse | a type of poetry that has no pattern of rhyme or meter | 53 | |
| 164353251 | Vantage point from which a story is told | Point of view | 54 | |
| 164353252 | Which point of view is used when the narrator tells the story and is part of the action of the story using pronouns such as "I", "we", "she"? | First person | 55 | |
| 164353253 | Which point of view is used when the narrator is all knowing and can enter the mind of any character to reveal his/her emotions/thoughts/beliefs | omniscient point of view | 56 | |
| 164353254 | 3 types of Point of view | First person, 3rd person limited, omniscient | 57 | |
| 164353255 | point of view in which a story focuses on one character only revealing that person's thoughts/emotions/beliefs, and the reader sees the action through the eyes of that character. | Third person limited point of view | 58 | |
| 164353256 | a long lyric poem in which the speaker addresses the reader, revealing himself in the context of a dramatic situation. Ex: Robert Browning's "Porphryia's Lover" | dramatic monologue | 59 | |
| 164353257 | Freytag's pyramid | Created by 19th cent. German writer Gustav Freytag, the pyramid is useful for analyzing 5 Act plays. | 60 | |
| 164358624 | A tightly structured French verse consisting of 6 sestets whose end words are repeated in rotation at the end of every line & a 3 line envoy which includes all 6 ending words | sestina | 61 | |
| 164358625 | The analysis of the pattern of more or less stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry | scansion | 62 | |
| 164358626 | a distinct pause in a line of poetry | caesura | 63 | |
| 164358627 | A "dreaded" poetic form of 19 lines, 5 tercets followed by a quatrain & involving only 2 rhymes. Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight" is a famous one. | villanelle | 64 | |
| 164365508 | An instantly recognizable character type such as an innocent maiden or an evil villain | A stock character |  | 65 |
| 210691874 | themes that recur often in literature | convention | 66 | |
| 210693092 | a central idea of a work | theme | 67 | |
| 210693093 | authoriatative or accepted list of books of timeless value | THE CANON!!!! | 68 |
