Terminology

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Allegory:

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Extended metaphor that veils a moral/political underlying meaning

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Alliteration:

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Repetition of the initial letter or sound in adjacent words to create an atmospheric/onomatopoeic effect

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Allusion:

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Passing reference to another literary work

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Anachronism:

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Chronological misplacing of person, event or object

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Analogy:

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Perception of similarity between two things

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Ambiguity:

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Capacity of works to have two simultaneous meanings

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Antithesis:

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Contrasting of ideas by balancing words/phrases of opposition

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Assonance:

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Repetition of a vowel sound in words in close proximity

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Ballad:

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Narrative poem in short, rhymed verses

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Bathos:

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Sudden change of register from sublime to ridiculous

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Bildungsroman:

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Literary work that features the physical and spiritual journey of a youthful character

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Blank verse:

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter, the staple form of Shakespeare plays

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Burlesque:

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Absurd/comically exaggerated imitation of a literary work - parody

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Caesura:

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Deliberate break or pause in a line of poetry- signified by punctuation

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Colloquial:

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Informal language of conversational speech

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Conceit:

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An extended metaphor

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Connotations:

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Associations evoked by a word

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Context:

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Background of a text

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Couplet:

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Two consecutive lines in a poem that are paired in rhyme

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Denoument:

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The end of the story, where everything is explained

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Dramatic irony:

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When the audience knows something the character speaking does not, creating humour/tension

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Elegy:

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Lament for the death or permanent loss of someone/something

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Euphemism:

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Tactful word or phrase to refer to something unpleasant or offensive

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Feminine rhyme:

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Final syllable unstressed

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Hyperbole:

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Deliberate exaggeration for effect

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Intertextuality:

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Relationship between one text and another

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Irony:

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Language intended to mean the opposite of the words expressed; or amusing or cruel reversal of an outcome expected/intended/deserved

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Magic realism:

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Realistic details with supernatural and dream-like mythical elements in an everyday setting

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Masculine rhyme:

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A rhyme made on a single stressed syllable

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Metaphor:

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Suppressed comparison, implied not stated

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Omniscient narrator:

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3rd person narrator/having unlimited knowledge

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Oxymoron:

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Two contradictory terms united in a single phrase

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Parody:

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Imitation and exaggeration of style for the purpose of humour and ridicule

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Pathetic fallacy:

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Attributing emotions to inanimate objects, usually elements of nature, to represent the persona's feelings

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Personification:

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Attributing human qualities to inanimate objects

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Picaresque:

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Narrative that satirises society and follows the life of a knave or a servant who frequently has several masters

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Polemic:

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Dispute, a controversy, especially in politics/religion

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Protagonist:

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Principal characters

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Quatrain:

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Four-lined stanza distinguished by a rhyme scheme

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Rhyme:

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Repetition of a vowel sound in words at the end of lines

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Rhythm:

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Pace and sound pattern of writing

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Satire:

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Exposing of vice of foolishness of a person or institution to ridicule

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Simile:

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Comparison introduced by 'as' or 'like'

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Sonnet:

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Lyrical poem of 14 lines

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Stream of consciousness:

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A method used by some modern novelists to relate the innermost thoughts and feelings of characters without logical sequence/syntax/punctuation

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Thesis:

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What you're going to prove in an essay

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Trope:

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A motif, used in an unusual way to create effect

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Vignette:

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A short piece that conveys atmosphere or character