Satire Flashcards

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Mode of discourse

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A method that a writer uses to have a conversation with the reader

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Metaphor

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a direct comparison of unlike things

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Thesis statement

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The major point of an essay containing a subject and an opinion about the subject.

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Author’s purpose

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The reason why the author writes an essay

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Essay unity

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the state when every sentence in the essay is related to the thesis statement

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Style

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the unqiue way an author presents his ideas

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Subordination

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The process of giving one idea less emphasis than another idea in a sentence

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Rhetorical Question

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a question that does not expect an answer because the answer is obvious.

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Coherence

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The trait that creates a logical orderly pattern that is easy to understand

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Setting

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the physical and emotion background of a story

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Simile

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a comparison of unlike things using like or as

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Symbol

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a concrete object that has two meanings, a literal meaning and a secondary meaning LM - the object actually exists in the literary work SM- the object suggests other ideas

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Personification

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the giving of human qualities to something that is not human A)body parts B)emotions C) actions

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Allegory

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the use of characters, objects, or events to represent other ideas

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Image

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A description of something that apeals to the senses

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Alliteration

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the repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry

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Assonance

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the repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry

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Irony

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Something that seems one way, but in reality is another

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Situational irony

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a situation that occurs that neither the reader nor the character expects

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Dramatic irony

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a truth the reader knows but the character does not know

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Allusion

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A reference to something well known from the past

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Verbal irony

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a statement that says the opposite of what is meant

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Theme

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The point the writer makes about life or people

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Conflict

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the struggle between opposing forces

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Tone
the way the writer feels about the subject or the reader
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Persona
the speaker of the poem
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Rhyme scheme
the pattern in which rhymes occur
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Plot
the pattern of events
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Foreshadowing
hinting of something that will happen later in the story
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5 types of point of view
1)first person narrator 2) second person narrator 3) third person omniscient narrator 4) third person limited omniscient narrator 5) third person objective narrator
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6 ways to reveal character
1)actions 2) thoughts 3)features 4) other characters 5)past 6) setting
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3 stages of an initiation story
1) a young person starts out inocent 2) the young person encounters something harsh 3) the young person experiences an epiphany, a realization about the harshness of the world
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4 sentence structures
Simple sentence, compound sentence, compound-complex sentence, and complex sentence
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4 sentence types
interrogative sentence, imperative sentence, exclamatory sentence, and declarative sentence
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9 rhetorical strategies
Description, narration, exemplification, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, classification/division, process analysis, argumentation, and definition
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2 methods of developing comparison or contrast
Point by point | Block method.
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4 modes of discourse
exposition, narrative, description, and argument/persuasion
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4 types of essay organization
1.) Chronological Order (events arranged accordion to how they occur in time) 2.) Order of Importance (put most important idea last, second most important idea first) 3.) Space Order (describes the appearance of a physical place. i.e. left to right, top to bottom) 4.) From One Extreme to Another (general to specific, most familiar to least familiar, smallest to largest)
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6 author's purposes
1.) to entertain/ amuse 2.) to persuade/ motivate/ or argue 3.) to inform 4.) to ridicule/ mock 5.) to question 6.) to elicit an emotional response
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4 types of humor
slapstick, shared experience, hyperbole, and juxtaposition of opposites
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3 rhetorical appeals
Ethincal appeal, Emotional appeal, and Logical appeal
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3 forms of intensifying
Repetition, association, and composition
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3 forms of downplaying
diversion, ommission, and confusion
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3 main forms of satire
inflation, diminution, and juxtaposition
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2 types of satire
Horatian and juvenalian
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diction
The author's choice of words
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satire
A work that ridicules humans or social institutions
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parody
An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work.