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caesura

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a break or pause in a line of poetry

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canto

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a section or division of a poem

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climax

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the decisive point of greatest intensity when outcome is revealed

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comedy

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a work where protagonist resolves conflict

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comedy of manners

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specific comedy dealing with violation of society’s conventions, also called drawing room comedy

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conflict

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a clash, the struggle around which the plot revolves

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consonance

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repitition of consonant sounds in poetry

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dactyl

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poetic foot consisting of two stressed, followed by two unstressed

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elegy

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formal poem mourning death of someone

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eulogy

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sermon at the time of death

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elizabethan sonnet

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sonnet of three quatrains and a couplet, quatrains state problem and couplets resolve it

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epigram

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a brief witty pointed comment

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epitaph

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a short poem at the time of death

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14
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essay

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piece of non-fiction that expresses point of view

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formal essay

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impersonal and seeks to instruct or persuade

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informal essay

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relaxed and conversational and can deal with any topic, including something trivial

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fable

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a tale which uses animals with human characteristics to convey moral truth

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falling action (denouement)

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resolution following climax

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figurative language

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language that departs from the strictly literal to achieve affect

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figure of speech

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a device that permits the author to say one thing, and mean something else

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21
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heroic couple

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two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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22
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hexameter

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a verse line consisting of six feet

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hyperbole

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a exaggeration or overstation of fact, used for a serious or humorous effect

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iamb

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unstressed, stressed

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iambic pentameter

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most common verse line, five feet

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interlocking rhyme

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rhyme scheme, unrhymed line in one stanza signals the rhymed line in the next

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internal rhyme

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rhyme that occurs within the line

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27
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irony

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attitude in way of writing that shows discrepancy between fake and real

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28
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verbal irony

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says one thing, means something else

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29
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dramatic irony

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audience knows something character doesn’t

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30
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irony of situation

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discrepency between purpose and result

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31
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italian sonnet

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sonnet of octave and sestet, octave asks question and sestet resolves it

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32
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kenning

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extended metaphor

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masque

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theatrical entertainment, 16th century with songs, dances, colorful spectacles, lyrical poetry

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metaphor

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figure of speech comparing two unlike words without comparative words

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metaphysical conceit

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metaphor that is extended because the two things are startlingly different

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meter

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regular pattern of rhythm

37
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mock epic

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work where something trivial is treated like an epic humorously

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allegory

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a tale in verse or prose in which characters represent abstract ideas or moral qualities

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alliteration

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repitition of initial consonant sounds in a line

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allusion

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reference to history, bible, art, or literature

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analogy

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comparison between two objects to show similarities

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anapest

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poetic foot of two unstressed followed by one stressed

43
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antagonist

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person opposing the protagonist, creates conflict

44
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appositive

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noun or pronoun that explains a noun or a pronoun

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antithesis

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the balancing of two contrasting thoughts, words, or phrases

46
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apostrophe

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a poetic device in which an author directly addresses a person, place, or thing as if it was present

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aside

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speech intended only for audience

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assonance

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repitition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

49
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autobiography

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an account of a person’s life written by that person

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ballad

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a poem that tells a story, four lines, second and fourth rhyme

51
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folk ballad

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unknown author

52
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biography

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a written account of another person’s life

53
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blank verse

A

unrhymed iambic pentameter

54
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ode

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a serious dignified lyric poem written for a special occasion in honor of a particular person, place, or abstract idea

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onomatopoeia

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the use of a word who’s sound suggests it’s meaning

56
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oxymoron

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a figure of speech that depends on a paradoxical contrast between two startlingly different things

57
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paradox

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a statement that is true in fact, although it seems to contradict itself

58
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parrallelism

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repetition of phrases that are similar in structure or meaning

59
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personification

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a figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics

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protagonist

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central character who faces the conflict

61
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psalm

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a sacred song or lyric

62
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octave

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first eight lines of a sonnet

63
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quatrain

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a poetic stanza of four lines

64
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refrain

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a phrase repeated at intervals especially at the end of a poem

65
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satire

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writing that ridicules weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals, seeks to change the reader’s mind through the force of laughter

66
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sestet

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six lines of a poem

67
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simile

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figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared through the use of a comparative word

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soliloquy

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a speech in a work in which a character alone onstage reveals his innermost thoughts and conflicts as if he were thinking aloud

69
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sonnet

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a poem of 14 lines in iambic pentameter

70
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spring rythm

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a variable poetic meter in which a stressed syllable is combined with any number of unstressed syllables

71
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stream of consciousness

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style of writing that imitiates the character’s thoughts as if they were thinking aloud

72
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style

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word choice, arrangement of words, relationship of the sentences to one another

73
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symbol

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a word that is used to stand for an idea

74
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symbolism

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a philosophy applied to literature in which the author avoids direct statements working through symbols which suggest the meaning and establish the mood

75
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syntax

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way in which words are put to form constituents or phrases

76
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terzarina

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verse form consisting of three line stanzas, the middle line rhymes with the first and third of the next rhyme, interlocking rhyme

77
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tetrameter

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poetic line of four feet

78
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tragedy

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protagonist doesn’t solve his problem

79
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contemporary tragedy

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protagonist falls lower and learns nothing

80
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classic tragedy

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protagonist learns and grows

81
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trimeter

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metrical line of three feet

82
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trochee

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poetic foot of stressed and unstressed

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villanelle

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intricately patterned poem, three line stanzas except for last (four lines), first and third line form refrain that is repeated and ends poem, whole poem has two lines

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