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the name given to a thought, feeling, idea or concept e.g. happiness, imagination, destiny

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ABSTRACT NOUN

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the characteristic pronunciation features and speech rhythms of a speaker, usually related to regional or social influences

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ACCENT

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a pattern of speech in which one utterance is followed by an appropriate linked response

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ADJACENCY PAIR

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the repetition of an initial consonant sound

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ALLITERATION

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a reference to another work of literature or other source by a writer. The writer may well assume that the reader has some knowledge of the work referred to and will understand the allusion

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ALLUSION

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a character who is in opposition to the protagonist, who creates conflict with the main character

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ANTAGONIST

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the main character of text who lacks the conventional heroic qualities

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ANTIHERO

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the juxtaposition of contrasting words or phrases to create a balance or opposition between conflicting ideas.

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ANTITHESIS

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a word or phrase which is opposite in meaning to another, e.g. hot and cold

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ANTONYM

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a brief line or speech spoken by a character to the audience, and unheard by the other characters on stage, in which the speaker reveals inner thoughts and intentions

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ASIDE

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repeated vowel sounds

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ASSONANCE

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a form of list, in which there is no ‘and’ and ‘but’ seperating the final two items. this can give an open-ended feel to the list, perhaps suggesting there is more that could be added. the opposite to this is a sydentic list

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ASYNDETIC LIST

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AMBIGUITY

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Words, phrases or whole texts which have several or unclear meanings.

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ALLEGORY

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A type of narrative which makes literal sense in its own right but also has a double meaning

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BLANK VERSE

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Unrhymes poetry written in Iambic Pentameter

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CHORUS

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a character or group in the play who comments on the action

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COMEDY

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nowadays a work which makes us laugh but used to be a work with a happy ending

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double-barrelled words made by combining two existing, often unrelated words, they are often used to condense description. e.g. sea-dog, white-mossed

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COMPOUND WORDS

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the suggestion or implication evoked by a word, phrase or statement

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CONNOTATION

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COUPLET

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two lines of poetry together. a rhyming couplet is two lines of poetry which rhyme

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two or more characters speaking to eachother

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DIALOGUE

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the vocabulary chosen by a writer

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DICTION

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the shape or pattern in which a poem is written eg. sonnet, ballad, dramatic monologue

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FORM

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poetry which seems to have no set pattern, stanzas, rhyme scheme.

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FREE VERSE

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HYPERBOLE

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huge exaggeration or statement

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a line of poetry made up of ten syllables with alternating light or heavy beats e.g. Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?

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IAMBIC PENTAMETER

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saying one thing but meaning the opposite

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IRONY

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writing that creates a picture in the mind using comparisons

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IMAGERY

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putting two things side by side in order to show a relationship between them

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JUXTAPOSITION

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a regular rhythm in verse; the measurement of poetry

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METRE

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the overall feeling generated by a written or spoken piece

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MOOD / TONE

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words which describe sounds and also sound like that which they describe eg. splash, crash, howl

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ONOMATOPOEIA

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the linking together of contradictory words e.g. bitter sweet

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OXYMORON

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the joining together of ideas or concepts which appear to be contradictory but actually makes sense in another way

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JUXTAPOSITION

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PERSONIFCATION

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objects given human characteristics

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PROTAGONIST

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leading character in a play or novel

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a play on words which sound the same or similar which is usually used for comic effect

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PUN

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four lines of poetry

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QUATRAIN

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the movement of language in speech, verse or prose often with a regular beat

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RHYTHM

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a poem of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter

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SONNET

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objects which are used to represent something else

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SYMBOLISM

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the central idea or message the writer is trying to put across

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THEME

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a work with an unhappy ending. it must be serious and often shows the downfall of a great character.

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TRAGEDY

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a protagonist who begins as a great character and is destroyed by a combination of a fatal flaw in his character and the workings of fate

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TRAGIC HERO

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when a poem talks to the reader eg. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

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DIRECT ADDRESS

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an imaginary speaker addressing an imaginary audience ( ADD PHOTO HERE )

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DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

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when a sentence runs over from one line of verse into the next, usually found in a play or a poem

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ENJAMBEMENT

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words that almost rhyme but not quite: very similar to assonance

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HALF-RHYME

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language does not mean directly what it states ( opposite of literal language ) eg. i laughed my head off

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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a recurring phase or lines at the end of each stanza of poetry, like a one-line chorus

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REFRAIN

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SIBILANCE

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alliteration of the ‘s’ sound

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SPEAKER

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the ‘voice’ that is speaking in a poem written in the first person

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how the poet has organised his work into patterns eg. the number of stanzas / verses and their line lengths

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STRUCTURE

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