Lit Terms #180-210 Flashcards

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Spenserian Stanza

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A 9 lines stanza with the rhyme scheme “ababbcbcc”; the first 8 lines are written in iambic pentameter and the last line (and alexandrine) is written in iambic hexameter

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Sonnet

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A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme; may be Shakespearean (English) or Petrarchan (Italian)

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Spondee

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A metrical foot of 2 accented syllables

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Stanza

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A division of a poem

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Stereotype

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A character whose attitudes, words, and actions fall within a widely-held idea of what that “type” is like; may also be applied to plot

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Stichomythia

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Dialogue in which the endings and beginnings of each line echo each other, taking on new meaning with each line

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Stream of Consciousness

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A form of writing which replicates the way the human mind works; ideas are presented in random, not chronological, order; thoughts may be unfinished

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Style

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Author’s choice and arrangement of words, tone, mod, imagery, sound devices, syntax, etc.

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Subject Compliment

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The word (with any accompanying phrases) or class that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the sentence by renaming it (predicate nominative) or by describing it (predicate adjectives)

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Subjunctive

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Mood of the verb that expresses a wish or or a statement that is contrary to fact

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Subordinate Clause

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A dependent clause which can’t stand alone as a complete sentence; functions as an adverb, an adjective or a noun

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Syllabic Verse

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Poetry which contains the same number of syllables in each line or follows a pattern of syllables per line

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Symbol

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A person, place, or thing that represents something else

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Synecdoche

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A type of figurative language in which the part stands for the whole

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Syntax

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Arrangement of words in sentences to convey tone, purpose, or effect by form (simple, compound, complex), by use (declarative, imperative, interrogative, narrative), or by mode (expository, argumentative, interpretive, narrative)

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Syllogism

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Formal argument of deductive reasoning

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Tercet

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3 lines of poetry which usually rhyme

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Terra Rima

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An interlocking 3 line stanza with the rhyme scheme “aba bcb cdc ded” etc.

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Theme

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Underlying meaning of a work

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Thesis

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Sentence (or group of sentences) that directly express the author’s opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition in expository writing

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Tone

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Author’s attitude toward the subject; shifts in tone are often identified by one or more of the following: key words (esp. conjunctions), punctuation (esp. dashes and semicolons), stanza and paragraph division, changes in line and/or stanza length, sharp contrasts in diction

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Tragedy

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A play in which the protagonist comes to an unhappy end

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Transcendentalism

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19th century movement in the Romantic tradition which believes that humans can arise above materialism to a higher happiness through simplicity and communion with nature

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Transition

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A word or phrase that links ideas, signaling a shift from one idea to another

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Trochee

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A metrical foot composed of one accented syllable followed by an u accented syllable

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Understatement

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Ironic minimalizing of fact

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Verbal

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A verb form used as a noun, adjective, or adverb

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Villanelle

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A poetic form consisting of five 3 line stanzas followed by a quatrain with the rhyme scheme “aba aba aba aba aba abaa”, lines 1 and 3 repeating alternately as refrains

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Wit

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Cleverness and keen perception

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Zeugma

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Use of a verb that has 2 different meanings with objects that compliment both meanings