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Midterm Vocabulary Flashcards

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Helps to establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas

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Analogy

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When so unlike things are explicitly compared; drawing comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things

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Simile

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A recurring subject, theme, or idea

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Motif

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Contains several layers of meaning and is representative of several other aspects and concepts that are visible in the literal translation alone

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Symbol

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When a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

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Metaphor

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The use of concepts and ideas that are contradictory to one another yet, when placed togethers they hold significant value of several levels

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Paradox

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Mood or emotions conveyed by the setting; emotional tone

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Atmosphere

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An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, in order to provide temporary relief from tension

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Comic Relief

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I the base topic or focus that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece

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Theme

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A series of unfortunate events by one or more of the literary characters in the story undergoes several misfortune

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Tragedy

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A division of a play or of an act

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Scene

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Literary device where the author creates a character whose primary purpose is to create a contrast to another character by drawing attention to the others traits and characteristics

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Foil

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Something that us understood by he audience but not grasped by the characters in the play

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Dramatic Irony

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When a person says or writes one things and means another or uses words to convey a meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning

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Verbal Irony

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15
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Tragic flaw

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Hamartia

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Excessive pride or self confidence

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Hubris

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The use of indicative words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense

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Foreshadowing

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Portrayal; description: a character is brought to notice and then detailed upon in front of the reader

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Characterization

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A figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference

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Allusion

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The use of specific words and phrases that exaggerate or overemphasize in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect; a deliberate exaggeration used for effect

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Hyperbole

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The purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions

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Catharsis

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One of the main divisions of a play

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Act

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A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot

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Climax

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A composition in prose or verse presenting a story involving conflict or contrast of character; a situation or sequence of events that is highly emotional, tragic, or turbulent

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Drama

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The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work

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Protagonist

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An utterance or disclosure by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregard full of or oblivious to any hearers present; the act of talking while or as if alone

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Soliloquy

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A part of an actors lines supposedly not heard by others on stage and intended only for the audience

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Aside

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A stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter

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Heroic Couplet

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Author uses words and phrases to create mental images for the reader

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Imagery

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When a word is used in a manner to suggest two or more possible meanings

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Pun

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Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

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Anachronism

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