Vocab Flashcard #18

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Two contradictory terms side by side

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oxymoron

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Faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument.

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Fallacy

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Attitude of a piece of writing

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tone

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A rhetorical device where the opposite of what is expected occurs.

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irony

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Speaking thoughts aloud onstage alone

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soliloquy

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A poem of 14 lines with a specific pattern

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sonnet

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A short story with animals conveying a moral.

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fable

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Poetry without rhyme or regular meter

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free verse

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A play about tragic events leading to the main character's downfall.

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tragedy

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Author hints at a future event

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foreshadowing