What is an apostrophe?

Direct address, usually to someone/something not present

A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc

The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude

When a speaker who is alone speaking his/her thoughts aloud.

2-syllable foot w/ unaccented syllable followed by accented

The special language of a profession or group

The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

What is a periodic sentence?

A sentence grammatically complete at only one end

The mood of a verb that gives an order

A pithy saying, often using contrast. Brief and pointed

What is a heroic couplet?

Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc

What are Narrative Techniques?

The methods involved in telling a story.

What are Resources of Language?

Linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use

The arrangement of materials in a work

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A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc
Free Verse
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Royal
End-stopped
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What is an apostrophe?
The implications of a word or phrase
Direct address, usually to someone/something not present
The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work
A similar grammatical structure in a sentence or a paragraph
3
What is terza rima?
A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc
A quality of some narrators whom the reader can trust.
Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement
songlike; characterized by emotion and imagination
4
Explicitly instructive
Didactic
Literal
Denotation
Hyperbole
5
A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them.
Syllogism
Resources of Language
Point of View
Metaphor
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What is tone?
The main thought expressed by a work
The devices used in effective or persuasive language
The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude
something that is itself and a sign of something else
7
The structure of a sentence
Style
Satire
Strategy
Syntax
8
Word Choice
Diction
Irony
Attitude
Allusion
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Characterized by distortion or incongruities
Reliability
Grotesque
Omniscient PoV
Stereotype
10
What is a soliloquy?
When a speaker who is alone speaking his/her thoughts aloud.
A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea
A speaker's, author's, or character's opinion of a subject
Writing that uses figures of speech like metaphors and irony
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What is an iamb?
4-lines rhymed abcb: 4ft in lines 1&3 and 3ft in lines 2&4
A line containing five feet
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
2-syllable foot w/ unaccented syllable followed by accented
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What is jargon?
The special language of a profession or group
The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds
The position a writer takes to support or prove their work
A question asked for effect, not a reply
13
What is assonance?
Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
A line with a pause at the end (punctuation)
A line of four feet
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
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A line containing six feet
Hexameter
Internal Rhyme
Stanza
Tetrameter
15
That which goes before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
Parallel Structure
Clause
Antecedent
Ellipsis
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What is a periodic sentence?
A sentence grammatically complete at only one end
A device of style so often used it becomes recognized
The omission of 1+ words necessary for complete construction
A group of words containing a subject and its verb
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A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness
Symbol
Simile
Euphemism
Figurative Language
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What is imperative?
A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ
The view point of a story where a narrator can know anything
The mood of a verb that gives an order
The management of language for a specific effect
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A metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables
Sonnet
Dactyl
Pentameter
Ballad Meter
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What is an epigram?
A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms
Language that endows the nonhuman with human characteristics
A pithy saying, often using contrast. Brief and pointed
A story designed to suggest a principle, moral, or answer.
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To restrict or limit in meaning
Modify
Parable
Digression
Oxymoron
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A statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact, is true.
Paradox
Blank Verse
Details
Imagery
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A story in which people, things, and events have another symbolic meaning
Convention
Allegory
Lyrical
Connotation
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What is a heroic couplet?
Grouping of three+ lines with the same meter & rhyme scheme
The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc
Poetry not written in traditional meter but still rhythmical
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What are Narrative Techniques?
The methods involved in telling a story.
The background of a story
The images, sensory details, and language of a literary work
A comparison without using "Like" or "As"
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What are Resources of Language?
The vantage point from which a story is told
The techniques of deploying the sound of words
items or parts that make up a larger picture or story
Linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use
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What is structure?
The dictionary meaning of a word
The mode of expression in language
Writing seeking to gain a reader's disapproval of a subject
The arrangement of materials in a work
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Multiple meanings a literary work communicates, especially two meanings that are incompatible
Ambiguity
Thesis
Devices of Sound
Rhetorical Techniques

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