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Literary terms quiz 1st quarter Flashcards

1
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allegory

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concrete representation of an abstract idea

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alliteration

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two or more consecutive words that begin with the same sound for aid to memorization, to bring attention to an important part, and to mark the meter

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Allusion

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an indirect reference

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Anachronism

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something out of its proper historical time period

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5
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Antagonist

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character against the protagonist

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Anthropomorphism

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giving human qualities to living things, including gods

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anti-climax

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descent from the climax

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anti-hero

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protagonist that doesn’t exhibit the qualities of the traditional hero

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aphorism

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statement that reveals truths or principles

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apostrophe

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one word exclamation to begin the paragraph

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aside

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character speaks his own feelings that others do not hear (drama)

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assonance

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similar vowel sounds followed by different consonants

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ballad

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poem that recounts the story in the form of a song

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14
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beast fable

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fable where principle characters are animals

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Ballad stanza

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four-line stanza used in the traditional ballad

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bildungsroman

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novel depicting the growth of a child to his maturity

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caesura

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pause in a line of poetry

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Canto

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section of a long poem

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characterization

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how an author develops a character

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chivalric romance

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courtly love - knight choses a lady and dedicates all his deeds to her

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classicism

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ancient Greek and Roman beliefs

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cliche

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an unoriginal expression used many times

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climax

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point of greatest tension in the plot

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conflict

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the issue that needs to be resolved

25
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connotation

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when a word word invokes something beyond its literal meaning

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consonance

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similar consonant sounds followed by vowel sounds

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couplet

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two successive lines of rhyming poetry

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didacticism

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teaching tone especially in Angle-Saxon

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denouement

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a conclusion

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dialogue

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conversation between two or more

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dramatic irony

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character’s words come back to haunt him, he did not recognize the reality of what he is saying

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elegy

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speech given at a funeral for the dead

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elegiac

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sad, yearning tone

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enjambment

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one sentence crosses over one or more lines, surprises the reader

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Epic

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long, formal narrative poem written in an elevated style that recounts the adventures of a hero of almost mythic proportions who embodies the traits of a nation or people

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Epic conventions

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In medias res and epic similes (long comparisons using like or as that has a tenor (subject) and a vehicle (image)

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Epithet

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another name for someone or something that uses a phrase

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exposition

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writing that explains

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extended metaphor

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metaphor that is extended throughout the entire work

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Falling action

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the crisis that ends in a catastrophe

41
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figurative language

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language using figure of speech to elevate the writing

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figure of speech

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used to compare (imagery, metaphor, simile)

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flashback

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when the action stops and one recalls the past

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foil

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a character who contrasts with the main character to accentuate the main character’s distinctive qualities or characteristics

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foreshadowing

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warning/indication of future events

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free verse

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poetry that lacks meter and does not rhyme

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genre

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classification of literary works based on content

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imagery

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figurative language that evokes the 5 senses

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kenning

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two nouns put together acting as a metaphor, words of power

50
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lyric poetry

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poem that expresses deep, personal emotions

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metaphor

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a comparison between two unlike things

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personification

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giving human attributes to anything nonhuman

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prosopopoeia

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when an inanimate object speaks (kind of personification)

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simile

A

comparison using like or as

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