LITERARY TERMS Flashcards
- apply them correctly, especially in essays (15 cards)
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It is a rhetorical device that creates a close, one-to-one
comparison.
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Allegory
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Satire that uses caricature
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Burlesque
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language is the informal language of conversation.
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colloquial
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The culmination or result of an action, plan or plot.
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Denouement
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An impassioned rant or angry speech of denunciation.
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Diatribe
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means basing knowledge on direct, sensory perceptions of the world.
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Empiricism
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To emphasise or make prominent.
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Foreground
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The type of literary expression chosen by an author
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Form
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A more precise definition of the different literary forms. There
are general categories, such as poetry, drama, prose.
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Genre
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usually used to indicate an
attempt to deceive the public by over-rating the value of a
commodity or experience.
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Hype
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