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Iambic Pentameter

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A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. For example: Two households, both alike in dignity

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Foreshadowing

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When the author implies that something will happen later on in the book by embedding hints in the text.

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Monologue

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A speech given by an actor on stage, usually when alone

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Soliloquy

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A speech given by an actor alone on stage–reveals character’s inner thoughts/feelings

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Dialogue

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A series of sentences spoken between people, a conversation

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Rising action

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When events build up to a climax, usually act two in plays

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Climax

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The turning point in a piece of work, usually act three of a play

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Falling action

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When the action starts to slow and lead to the end of the book, act four in plays

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Resolution

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The ending of a story where the issues get cleared up, act five of a play

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Prose

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Written or spoken language in ordinary form, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse

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Couplet

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Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit

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Pun

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A play on words

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Blank verse

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A poem with no rhyme but does have iambic pentameter.

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Irony

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Saying one thing but meaning another, doing something but meaning the opposite, contrast between appearance and actuality

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Verbal Irony

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When a person says one thing but means the opposite

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something that the characters do not

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Situational Irony

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A situation in which the outcome is different than what is expected

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Sonnet

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“Little song” a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

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Personification

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When a non-human object is given human qualities

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Allusion

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A brief reference to an event or person from history, literature, or popular culture, which is meant to activate background knowledge

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Metaphor

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A comparison made without using “like” or “as”

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Simile

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A comparison made using “like” or “as”

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Speaker

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The narrative voice of the poem (not necessarily the poet)

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Setting

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The place where an event goes on, where something is set

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Tragedy

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When main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, often as a result of tragic flaw

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities, using symbolic images and indirect suggestions to express other ideas

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Imagery

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Vivid figurative language that appeals to one of the five senses

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Visual (imagery)

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Sight

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Olfactory (imagery)

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Smell

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Tactile (imagery)

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Touch

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Auditory (imagery)

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Hearing

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Gustatory (imagery)

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Taste

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Kinetic (imagery)

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Movement

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Mood

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A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions

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Tone

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The speaker’s attitude towards the subject matter (usually inferred)

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Theme

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A life lesson or overall message that the author is trying to usually indirectly enforce through the story

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for effect

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Conflict

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The problem in the story: a struggle between two opposing forces, usually between the protagonist and the antagonist but can also be internal or against a different thing than a person/people

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Aside

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A remark by a character heard only by the audience

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Prologue

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A separate introductory section of a play

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

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Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that sound like what they mean

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Conceit

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An extended metaphor that applies multiple characteristics of an object to something else

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Motif

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An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work

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Stanza

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A structural part or section of a poem (sort of like a paragraph in a piece of prose)

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Perfect Rhyme

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An exact match of sounds

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Near Rhyme

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A close but not exact match of sounds–usually the final consonants are similar but not the same

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End Rhyme

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Rhyme that falls at the end of two or more lines in a poem (not necessarily together)

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Internal Rhyme

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A rhyming pair falls within the same line of poetry

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Eye Rhyme

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Spellings of paired words appear to rhyme, but the sounds don’t

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Scansion

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A representation of rhyming patterns in letters

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Act

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Division of a play

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Antagonist

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Opposes the protagonist

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Catharsis

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“Purging of emotion”–any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration

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Dynamic vs Static Characters

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Dynamic: experiences an inner change
Static: stays constant over course of text, does not change

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Flat vs Round Characters

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Flat: 2-dimensional, support character
Round: complex personality

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Stock Character

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Common literary character or stereotype

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Comic Relief

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Inclusion of humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work (relieves tension)

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Exposition

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Beginning, act one, introduces characters and setting and conflict

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Deus ex machina

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“God from machine”–a contrived plot device, feels fake

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Epilogue

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Short poem or speech spoken directly to audience after the action of the play is finished

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Denouement

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Final part, act five, ends action and concludes action

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Foil

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Contrasting character used to highlight particular qualities of the other character (usually a main character)

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Hero

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Main character, often with heroic qualities

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Protagonist

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Main character

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Scene

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Division of acts

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Tragedy

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When main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, often as a result of a tragic flaw

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Tragic flaw/hamartia

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A flaw that brings the main character to ruin (often pride)

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Malapropism

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Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often unintentionally amusing

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Rhyme

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Repetition of two or more nearby words of the last stressed vowel and all the syllables that follow it

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Meter

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Recurring pattern of sounds that give poems their distinctive rhythms

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Scansion

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The act of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm

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