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1. Onomatopoeia- the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss);
2. Dramatic irony- irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
1. A tale of Two Cities- Charles Darnay doesn’t know that Sidney Carton loves Lucie.
3. Metaphor- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.
1. “The day was battlefield gray”
4. Allegory- The representation of abstract ideas
1. The Masque of the Red Death- no one can escape death
5. Pun-a play on words
1. The Masque of the Red Death- masque has 2 meanings
1. Mascarade 2. To hide something
6. Gothic- Dark
1. Cask of Amontillado- Dusk
2. Cask of Amontillado- basement
7. Foreshadowing- To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage.
1. A tale of Two Cities- Storm of Bastille- Shows the revolution is coming.
2. A tale of Two Cities- Red wine spilt on the floor and everyone runs to get what they can- People are poor and there is not enough food
8. Simile- A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as
1. The Black Cat- “which regarded all black cats disguised as witches”
9. Symbolism- A system of symbols or representations
1. The Masque of the Red Death- ebony clock= life is ticking away
2. The Masque of the Red Death- color rooms= life cycle
10. Satire- Irony, sarcasm, or sarcastic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity
11. Repetition- repeats words
1. Annabel Lee- beautiful Annabel Lee
2. The Raven- nothing more
12. Allusion- An instance of indirect reference: an allusion to classical mythology in a poem.
13. Epiphany- A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization (light bulb)
1. Cask of Amontillado- Fortunato realizes he is going to be killed
14. Single effect- Poe gives terror
15. Hyperbole- A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
1. Cask of Amontillado- “thousand injuries I had borne”
16. Paradox- A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
1. A Tale of Two Cities- “It was the best of times and the worst of times”
17. Frame story- A narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales.
1. A Tale of Two Cities- The Revolution
18. Alliteration-The repetition of consonant sounds
1. Annabel Lee- The moon never beams without bringing me dreams
2. Annabel Lee- All night tide by the side
19. Assonance- repeating vowels
20. Rhyme- correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines
1. Annabel Lee- napping and tapping
2. Annabel Lee- weary and dreary
21. Archetype- An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned;
1. Frankenstein- The monster is original and yet too scary
22. Verbal irony- a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
1. Cask of Amontillado- “drink to your health”
23. Internal rhyme- Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
1. Annabel Lee- chilling and killing
2. Annabel Lee- napping and tapping
24. Serial form-
25. Doppelganger- A ghostly double of a living person
1. The Raven- The Raven is Lenore
2. Frankenstein- The scientist bad self
26. inversion- changing the natural order of a sentence
1. Cask of Amontillado- “thousand injuries I had borne”
2. Cask of Amontillado- “at length I would be avenged”
27. Motif- A dominant theme or central idea
1. Cask of Amontillado- Tale of revenge
2. Frankenstein-Passive women; abortion
28. Point of view- A manner of viewing things; an attitude
1. Frankenstein- “I, the miserable and the abandoned am an abortion”
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Frankenstein- “Did I request
thee, Maker, from my clay
to mould me Man, did I solicit thee from darkness to promote me?”
29. Romanticism- Romantic quality or spirit in thought, expression, or action
