Chapter 2 Terms Flashcards

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Frame story

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A second story embedded behind another story

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Literary ballad

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A narrative poem created in imitation of old folk poets writings

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Couplets

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Of successive lines of verse

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Tone

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Any sound considered do/references to its quality

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Quatrains

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Stanza of four lines, usually w/ alternate rhymes

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Romance

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The colorful world, life, or depicted in tales

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Didacticism

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Intended for instruction

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Mock epic

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A long humorous poem written in mock heroic style

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Plot

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A sector plot or scheme to accomplish a purpose

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Atmosphere

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A surrounding or pervading mood environment or influence

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration that implies less than what is said

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Symbolism

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The practice of representing things by symbols

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Understatement

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Giving a weak instance of something or under describing it

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Metonymy

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The substitution of a attribute or adjunct

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