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Yellow Packet part 1 Flashcards

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Adage

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A familiar proverb or wise saying

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Absolute

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A word free from limitations or qualifications

“Best” “all” “unique” “perfect”

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Ad hominem argument

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An argument attacking an individual’s character rather than his or her position on an issue

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Allegory

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A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words
(…“sang some silly song”)

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Allusion

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A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

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Analogy

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A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

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Anaphora

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The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

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Anecdote

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A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

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Antecedent

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The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers

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Antithesis

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A statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced.
(“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.”
“Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.”)

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Aphorism

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A concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance
(“Life’s Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. [Benjamin Franklin]”)

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction.
(“Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief.”)

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Archetype

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A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response.
(The mother figure: Galadriel
The mentor: Gandalf)

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Argument

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A statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work

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Asyndeton

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A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions.
(“He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac.”)

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Balanced sentence

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A sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast.
(“Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun.”)

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Bathos

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Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity

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Chiasmus

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A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
(Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary)

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Cliché

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An expression that has been overused to the extent that it’s freshness has worn off

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Climax

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The point of highest interest in a literary work

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Colloquialism

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Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing.
(“Wanna” “gonna” “go nuts”)

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Complex sentence

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A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

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Compound sentence

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A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions

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Conceit

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A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor.
(“Love is like an oil change”
“My life is like a free online game”)

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Concrete details

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Details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events

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Connotation

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The implied or associative meaning of a word

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Cumulative sentence

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A sentence In which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases.
(“I write this at a wide desk in a pine shed as I always do these recent years, in this life I pray will last, while the summer sun closes the sky to Orion and to all the other winter stars over my roof.”)

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Declarative sentence

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A sentence that makes a statement or declaration

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Deductive reasoning

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Reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case
(The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning)

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of a word

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Dialect

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A variety of speech characterized by it’s own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region

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Dialogue

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Conversation between two or more people

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Diction

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The word choices made by a writer

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Didactic

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Having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing

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Dilemma

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A situation that requires a person to decide between two equally attractive or unattractive elements

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Dissonance

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Harsh, inharmonious,or discordant sounds

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Elegy

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A formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme

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Ellipsis

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The omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context
(Some people prefer cats; others, dogs)

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Epic

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A long narrative poem written in elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation

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Epigram

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A brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying

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Epigraph

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A saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work

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Epiphany

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A moment if sudden revelation or insight

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Epitaph

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An inscription on a tombstone or burial place

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Epithet

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A term used to point out a characteristic of a person.
Homeric epithets are often compound adjectives (“swift-footed Achilles”) that become an almost formulaic part of a name. Epithets can be abusive or offensive but are not so by definition. For example, athletes may be proud of their given epithets (“The Rocket”)

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Eulogy

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A formal speech praising a person who has died

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Euphemism

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An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

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Exclamatory sentence

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A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark

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Expletive

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An interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes, a profanity

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Fable

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A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

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Fantasy

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A story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point

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Figurative language

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Language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)

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Flashback

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The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative

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Flat character

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A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of the story

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Foreshadowing

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The presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work

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Frame device

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A story within a story.
(An example is Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in which the primary tales are told within the “frame story” of the pilgrimage to Canterbury

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Genre

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A major category or type of literature

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Homily

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A sermon, or a moralistic lecture

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

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Hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration to create an effect

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Hypothetical question

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A question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition

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Idiom

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An expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect

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Imagery

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The use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses

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Implication

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A suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly
(NOTE: the author implies; the reader infers)

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Inductive reasoning

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Deriving general principles from particular facts or instances.
(Every cat I have ever seen has four legs; cats are four-legged animals)

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Inference

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A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence

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Invective

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An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack

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Irony

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The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs

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