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Flashcards in Lit Terms Deck (14)
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1
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Foreshadow

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2
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Dramatic Irony

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3
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Prose

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used by lower class or crazy people

4
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Heroic Couplet

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5
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Stanza Form

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6
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Soliliquy

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by self, lets audience know what they are thinking

7
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Oxymoron

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paradox in two words ( “doubtful joy”)

8
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Comic Relief

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comedy given to relieve tension

9
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Aside

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speaking to audience, telling what thinking

10
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Blank Verse

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11
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Paradox

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2 opposites but both are true

12
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Foil

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characters similar to each other but different in a key way that points out the weakness in the protagonist

13
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Metaphor

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14
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Symbolism

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