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Literature
11th Grade
03/13/2011

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Digression
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a passage that departs from the centeral theme or basic plot
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Dionysion
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refering to the animalistic side of man

 

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Dramatic irony
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words or actions that have different meanings for both the characters and the audience
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Discourse
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formal or orderly speech
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Dystopia
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a society where conditions are miserable with poverty, oppression, etc
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Ellipsis
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deliberate omission of words or phrases which are implied by context
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epigraph
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a quote at the beginning of a literary work
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euphemism

 

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the use of vague or lighthearted phrases for something offensive
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euphony
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 light or pleasant sounding words created by smooth consonants
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exposition
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1. form of discourse that explains, defines and interperts
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extended metaphor
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a comparison of two unlikely things extended through out a passage
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elegy
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a mournful melancholy poem especially at a funeral
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Epiphany
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 a sudden realzation of an ordinary object
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Epistolary
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a form of writing that takes the form of letters
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eulogy
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a formal writing that praises someone who has died
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explication
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to analyze a literary work
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expository writing
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writing that shares or explains
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empathy
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 the projection into anothers feelings
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epic
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 a lengthy poem in which actions, characters and language are on a heroic level
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epithet
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an adjective that describes a quality or attribute of a character
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eponymous
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a hero whose name is the name of the play
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exgesis
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a critical interpertation and explanation of a prose or poetry
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expose
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a piece of writing that reveals hidden weaknesses or faults
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fallacy
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way of supporting facts that are not logically sound
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farce
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a foolish or ridiculous sham
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figure of speech
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words or phrase that departs form the literal meaning in order to compare, emphasis, or clarify
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foil
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a character who serves to contrast another
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flashback
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returning to an earlier moment in a literary work
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foreshadow
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hints of whats going to happen
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genre
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a category or class of artistic endeavor having particular style
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harangue
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a sppech that serves to incite a crowd
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homily
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a moralizing discourse or sermon
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hubris
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arrogant, excessive self pride
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humanism
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movement triggered by focus on human thinking
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hyperbole
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an exageration
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hamaratia
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a hero's tragic flaw resulting from one's own abilities
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idyll
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a composition that represnts a story of innocence
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imagery
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mental pictures a reader gets form a piece of descriptive writing
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inductive reasoning
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an overall assumption that if one things is true for one particular thing it is true for them all
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inference
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concludin of evidence
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invective
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speech or writing that attacks someone
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irony
Definition
saying or doing something and meaning another
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imperative
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a sentence that gives a command
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loose sentence
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main clause is followed by a series of subordinate clauses
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logical fallacy
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an error in the process of analysis
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litote
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a figure of speech in which an affirmative is expressed by the oppote (an understatement)
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literal
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based on what is written
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logos
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based on facts
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malapropism
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the act of misusing words for comic effect
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maxism
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an expression of general truth
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ad hominum
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an argument that attacks the man rather than his point
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