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What is a pun?

What is a foil?

Academic Vocab Questionnaire

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What is a foil?
Something representing itself and something beyond itself
A brief story that teaches a moral lesson about life
Character who sets off other character with strong contrast.
appears at end of plot to untangle the complications
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What is a pun?
a contradiction in terms
The punch line to a joke
A play on the multiple meanings of words
a genre meant to ridicule a universal event
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A satire is a piece of lit that
describes the truth about society to bring change
makes fun of people or groups to bring about change
directly states what problems exist in order to bring change
uses real life events to bring about change
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A work of non-fiction in which the author recounts a collection of his/her memories is a
memoir
paradox
pun
satire
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A figure of speech that makes a direct reference to people, places, events, works of lit, etc.
direct metaphor
historical context
paradox
allusion
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The political, social, cultural, and economic setting for an event or idea in a piece of lit is
Rhyme Scheme
Historical context
Ideological issue
Figures of speech
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Statements that contain two seemingly contradictory truths are called
conjectures
inferences
predictions
paradoxes
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A direct metaphor is a comparison of
of two things using like or as
2 unlike things using like or when tenor is implied
2 unlike things w/out like or as, but only 1 is named.
2 unlike things not using like or as w/ a tenor present
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An implied metaphor is a comparison of
2 unlike things w/out like or as, but only tenor is named.
2 unlike things using like or as when tenor is implied
2 unlike things not using like or as w/ a tenor present
of two things using like or as