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All 112 Terms
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Inference | opinion with evidence to support |
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Archetype | an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are made |
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Dynamic character | (changing character) |
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Static character | character stays the same |
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Epiphany (8) | sudden realization; the light bulb moment |
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Flat/round character | (no depth/depth and complexity) |
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Foil (9) | character’s opposite |
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Motivation | what drives a character on |
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Detail | details included for a purpose |
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Diction | Word choice |
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Connotation | feeling word gives you |
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Denotation | dictionary definition |
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Dialect | vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
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Colloquial (10) | informal spoken language or conversation |
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Slang (10) | non-standard use of words |
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Vernacular (10) | characteristic language of a particular group |
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Euphemism (8) | A mild word of phrase which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too direct, unpleasant, or offensive |
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Idiom | a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language |
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Invective (12) | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will |
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Imagery | words that appeal to the 5 senses |
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Mood | the feeling invoked in the reader |
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Foreshadowing | hints to what is to come |
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Rhetorical Shift | shift in attitude |
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Theme | what an author believes to be true on a subject presented in the work. |
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Tone | speaker’s attitude towards his subject |
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Apostrophe (8) | addressing something as if they were present |
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Metaphor | figurative language comparing two unlike things |
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Metonymy (10) | type of metaphor in which a word or phrase is substituted for something closely associated with it. |
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Oxymoron (7) | a paradox in two side by side words. |
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Paradox (8) | a contradictory statement that turns out to be true |
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Personification | applying human attributes to something not human |
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Pun (9) | play on words |
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Simile | figurative language comparing two unlike things using like or as |
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Symbol | something representing something else |
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Synaesthesia (10) | describing one sense in terms of another. |
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Synecdoche (10) | figurative language using the part to represent the whole. |
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Alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sound |
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Assonance (7) | repetition of vowel sounds |
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Consonance (7) | repetition of consonant sounds within words |
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Onomatopoeia | the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents |
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Allusion | reference to another lit. work or historic event |
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Anachronism (10) | out of place in time |
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Anecdote (10) | short account of an incident |
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Direct characterization (8) | something about the character is stated directly |
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Indirect characterization (8) | personality traits about the character are implied through dialogue or actions. |
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Dialogue | when 2 people are speaking to each other |
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Hyperbole (7) | exaggeration |
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Dramatic irony (9) | when the reader knows things the characters don’t |
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Situational irony (7) | when the opposite happens from what you expect |
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Verbal irony | saying one thing and meaning another |
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Motif (10) | recurring idea |
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Satire (10) | a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change |
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Litotes (10) | A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite. Some examples include: no small victory, not a bad idea, not unhappy. It is the opposite of hyperbole. |
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Aphorism (10) | a short, witty saying, expressing a truth about life |
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Diary | journal or log |
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Exposition | Writing intended to explain the nature of an idea, thing, or theme. Expository writing is often combined with description, narration, or argument |
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Catharsis | purging of emotions |
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Hamartia | In tragedy, the event or act that leads to the hero's or heroine's downfall |
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Hubris | Excessive pride |
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Comedy | it’s funny; duh |
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Comic relief | comic scene amid a tragedy to ease tensions |
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Dues ex machine | god from a machine |
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In medias res | beginning in the middle of the action (in the middle of things) |
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Monologue | an excessive speech by one speaker |
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Soliloquy | character speaking his thoughts while on stage alone |
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Tragedy | something horrible happens at the end; duh |
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Tragic Flaw | the flaw that leads to the hero’s downfall |
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Essay | a short work that treats of a topic from an author's personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them |
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Fable | a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
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Genre | A category of literary work |
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Prologue | An introductory section of a literary work |
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Epilogue | A concluding statement or section of a literary work |
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Subplot | minor plot |
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Novella | A prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel |
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Parable | A brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson |
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Prose | not poetry |
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Verse | poetry |
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Epitaph | an inscription on a gravestone or a commemorative poem written as if it were for that purpose. |
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Absolute phrase (10) | are made of nouns or pronouns followed by a participle and any modifiers of the noun or pronoun (ie: his hair blowing). They phrases contain a subject (unlike participial phrases), and no predicate. They serve to modify an entire sentence. |
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Appositive phrase (7) | rename noun phrases and are usually placed beside what they rename . |
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Gerund phrase (8) | verbal in which a verb is used as a noun and any of its modifiers. It can be used as a subject, direct object, object of the preposition,, etc. |
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Infinitive phrase | will begin with an infinitive [to + simple form of the verb] and include objects and/or modifiers |
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Participial phrase (8) | includes the participle (verb used as an adjective) and the object |
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Prepositional | includes a preposition and the object of the preposition. It shows relationship, direction, or location. |
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Independent clause | clause contains a subject and a verb, AND it can stand alone |
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Dependent/Subordinate clause | clause contains a subject and a verb, but it is characterized as beginning with a dependent marker word (ie: although, despite, while, because, etc.) and therefore cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence. |
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Declarative sentence | the kind of sentence that makes a statement or “declares” something |
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Exclamatory sentence | a more forceful version of a declarative sentence, marked at the end with an exclamation mark |
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Imperative sentence | gives a direct command to someone |
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Interrogative sentence | asks a direct question |
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Antithetical sentence | (10): just another way of saying parallel but opposing. |
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Balanced sentence (10) | parallel structure on either side of the conjunction, semi-colon, etc. |
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Complex sentence | A sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
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Compound sentence | A sentence consisting of two or more coordinate independent clauses |
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Compound-complex sentene | A sentence consisting of at least two coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. |
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Loose/cumulative sentence (7) | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
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Periodic sentence (7) | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause |
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Simple | having no coordinate or subordinate clauses |
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Antithesis (9) | placement of direct opposites |
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Asyndeton (8) | absence of any conjunctions |
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Ellipsis (9) | leaving words out |
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Polysyndeton (8) | using unnecessary conjunctions |
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Repetition | repeating for effect |
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Anadiplosis (10) | repeating the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next |
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Anaphora (9) | repeating words at the beginning of a sentence |
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Epanalepsis (10) | word or phrase is repeated after intervening matter |
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Epistrophe (9) | the counterpart of anaphora, because the repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences |
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Antimetabole (10) | Reversal of the order of repeated words or phrases (a loosely chiastic structure, AB-BA) |
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Inversion (7) | changing the normal order of syntax |
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Chiasmus (10) | A crossing parallelism, where the second part of a grammatical construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in reverse order. |
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Rhetorical Fragment (10) | fragment for a specific purpose |
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Rhetorical Question (10) | question with no answer intended |
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pinkrox : Vernacular is the language that a specific group of people speak.
jrod430 : metonymy is replaceing a metaphor wit somethin almost exactly the same
jrod430 : yup yup
rosadoal : really?
rosadoal : yup your right, a lot of these words are very similar
pinkrox : Yeah..
pinkrox : Their you go.
jrod430 : yupyup
pinkrox : What about a periodic Sentence?
jrod430 : except for like In Media Res or whatever is was
rosadoal : Dues ex machina
pinkrox : Well, in Media Res is pretty easy to remember since Media is sort of like medio which is the spanish word for middle.
jrod430 : god from a machine
jrod430 : ivet??
pinkrox : Thats how I remember it..
pinkrox : Umm.. whos Ivet?
jrod430 : oh never mind
jrod430 : thought you were ivet
jrod430 : i'm wrong aparantly
jrod430 : Invective
pinkrox : It's okay.
pinkrox : Invective is venomous language.
jrod430 : si
rosadoal : strong venomous language
rosadoal : blaming someone
jrod430 : i hate this studying thing
pinkrox : I know.. I'm going to hate the test even more...
rosadoal : lol, lets keep at it
jrod430 : ok motif
rosadoal : repeating events
rosadoal : or ideas
pinkrox : Yeah..
pinkrox : I agree with him.
jrod430 : si señor
rosadoal : ok EUPHEMISM
pinkrox : A mild word that replaces an inappropriate word.
rosadoal : good job pinkrox
rosadoal : lol
rosadoal : I just took the test and got an 80 but i only took the 20 question one
rosadoal : only 92 to go
jrod430 : i took the 112 question one and made a 56
rosadoal : Connotation
pinkrox : Your getting closer..
pinkrox : The way words make you feel.
jrod430 : feelings word gives you
rosadoal : yup i always confuse this one with MOOD
pinkrox : I know.. so did I.
jrod430 : me tres
jrod430 : Litotes
pinkrox : It's something positive that is negated.
pinkrox : Like no small victory.
rosadoal : yup
pinkrox : What about Synaesthesia?
rosadoal : Rhetorical Shift?
pinkrox : It's a shift in the story, right?
rosadoal : sorry but what is the dictionary definition
pinkrox : Oh.. it
pinkrox : Oh, its a shift in attitude.
rosadoal : good
rosadoal : apostrophe
pinkrox : Is putting things in the present.
rosadoal : no
rosadoal : close, its adressing something as if it were present
pinkrox : Oh, okay.. I only remebered it had to deal with the present.
rosadoal : ok lol
pinkrox : Wat about Colloquial?
rosadoal : informal way of speaking
pinkrox : Yep..
rosadoal : ok wuts Hamartia
pinkrox : Is it the event that leads to the hero's or heroine's downfall.
rosadoal : almost, you forgot that this occurs in a tragedy
pinkrox : Oops..
rosadoal : lol
pinkrox : What about hyperbole?
rosadoal : i dont remember it
pinkrox : Exaggeration
rosadoal : oh yeah
rosadoal : doesnt the def. of litotes have something to do with hyperbole
pinkrox : yeah.. litotes are the opposite of hyperbole
rosadoal : so like since hyperboles are exagerations, then litotes are not define enough?
jrod430 : hey i passed with an 80 the 112 one woohoo
rosadoal : lol i wondered where you went
jrod430 : lol
jrod430 : it's a long test
rosadoal : what is the repitition of of a consinant?
jrod430 : so where were we??
rosadoal : consonant sorry
jrod430 : Consonance
jrod430 : Words that appeal to the 5 senses
rosadoal : imagery
pinkrox : imagery
jrod430 : good job lol
jrod430 : i hate this class love the teacher love the friends hate the studyin involved
jrod430 : lol
pinkrox : Yeah.. I know.
pinkrox : Well, I'll see ya guys later..
jrod430 : later i'm goin to go too later ya'll
rosadoal : kk bye
pinkrox : bye!
jrod430 : bye
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Most Missed Words
- Dependent/Subordinate clause → clause contains a subject and a verb, but it is characterized as beginning with a dependent marker word (ie: although, despite, while, because, etc.) and therefore cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence. - 35 misses
- Compound-complex sentene → A sentence consisting of at least two coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. - 35 misses
- Anachronism (10) → out of place in time - 33 misses
- Anaphora (9) → repeating words at the beginning of a sentence - 33 misses
- Antimetabole (10) → Reversal of the order of repeated words or phrases (a loosely chiastic structure, AB-BA) - 33 misses
- Euphemism (8) → A mild word of phrase which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too direct, unpleasant, or offensive - 31 misses
- Appositive phrase (7) → rename noun phrases and are usually placed beside what they rename . - 31 misses