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48 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal Word Order
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gives a variety and emphasis to your writing by changin the usual subject-verb sentence pattern. |
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Laughing at him from the shadows stood the actor's worst nightmare |
example of abnormal word order (verb subject pattern) |
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allegory |
a narrative in which the characters and sometimes the setting represent general concepts and ideas |
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Life of Pi |
allegory |
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allusion |
an indirect reference to a well known event, person, thing, place, or quality |
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you're a regular Einstein |
example of allusion |
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define analogy |
helps the reader understand something unfamiliar by comparing it to something well-known
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You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard I'm going to be toast when I get home! |
examples of analogy |
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define a balanced sentence |
expresses two or more equal and parallel ideas ex. a bucket of chicken is a barrel of fun |
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Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare. |
example of a balanced sentence |
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climatic word order |
presents several facts in the order from least important to most important |
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Consider the potential effect of just a small increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature. A rise of only a few degrees could melt the polar ice caps. Rainfall patterns would change. Some deserts might bloom, but lands now fertile might turn to desert, and many hot climates could become uninhabitable. If the sea level rose only a few feet, dozens of coastal cities would be destroyed, and life as we know it would be changed utterly. |
example of climatic word order |
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define denotation |
the thing or situation in with the word SPECIFICALLY refers to ex. your house is where you live |
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define connotation |
a thing or situation is giving an implied or associated meaning ex. house=safety, comfort |
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define hyperbole |
an exaggeration - emphasizes a fact |
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I've waited my whole life for this moment, |
example of hyperbole |
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imagery |
appeals to one or more of the senses (audio, taste, texture etc.) through description of details |
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the apple was as red as a tongue after eating a cherry flavoured ring pop |
example of imagery |
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opposites |
contract two opposing ideas ex. speech is silver but silence is gold |
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onomatopeia |
the word imitates or suggests the actual sound that is being made ex. swish, drizzle, clap, pop, |
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Parallel structure (parallelism) |
repeats specific words, phrases, or clauses in a series, giving emphasis to key words making them memorable. |
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easy come, easy go "i have a dream" speech |
examples of parallel structure |
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Periodic sentence |
withholds the important part of the sentence until the end so that is doesn't make complete sense until the last word is read |
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Presenting, the winner of seven Academy Awards and two Tony Awards, I present the star of tonight’s play, Herbert Smith. |
example of a periodic sentence |
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personification |
giving human traits to inanimate objects or animals ex. the cactus saluted those who drove past |
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reversals (chiamus) |
make a balanced sentence even more memorable by repeating the words in reverse order |
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ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country |
reversals (chiamus) |
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rhythm |
the movement implicit in an arrangement of words ex. a regular beat deriving from the patterns of stress on the syllables baBOOM/ baBOOM/ baBOOM |
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sentence fragment |
places emphasis on key-words to creat an overal effect. not a full sentence |
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No running! When we got into the car. |
example of sentence fragments |
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symbol |
an object or action that represents something other then what it is
mockingjay represents a revolution |
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understatement (litotes) |
creates the reverse effect and adds a touch of irony by making the fact seem less significant |
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my dad gave me a small loan of one million dollars |
understatement (litotes) |
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anecdote |
short summary or story of a humorous event; often used to illustrate a point (mini lesson) |
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assonance |
the repetition of similar VOWELS without the repetition of consonants ex. the men sell the wedding bells |
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aphorism |
a short often witty statement that expresses advice or a perceived truth (life lesson) ex. you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink) |
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cariculture |
a representation of a person or thing that exaggerated its features for a rational purpose ex. he has the face of a mouse |
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cacophany |
the deliberate use of harsh sounds for EFFECT |
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cliche |
a phrase that is used repeatedly, lacking originality |
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enjambent |
the running over of a sentence from one line to another (in a poem usually) |
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euphanism |
a substituion of a milder or more positive expression for a harsher more explicit one ex. he passed away instead of he died |
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internal rhyme |
occurs when the rhyming words appear within the same line of poetry ex. I had a cat who wore a hat. / He looked cool but felt the fool |
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what are the three types of irony |
dramatic situational verbal |
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dramatic irony |
when the reader knows something that the characters do not |
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situational irony |
expecting something different from what actually happens ex A fire station burns down |
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verbal irony |
say one thing while implying the opposite ex. One got in a car accident and said “Lucky me!” |
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paradox |
an apparent contradiction that upon deeper analysis contains a degree of truth ex. Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded. |
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end rhyme |
the rhyming of words that appears at the end of two or more lines of poetry ex. In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row |
