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TERMS Flashcards

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reference to the bible, history, literature, or art

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allusion

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a tale in verse or prose in which the characters represent abstract roles and moral kingdoms

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allegory

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3
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repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry

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alliteration

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4
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a comparison between two objects showing the similarities

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analogy

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5
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a poetic foot of two unstressed followed by one stressed

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anapest

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the person or thing opposing the protagonist, and creating the conflict

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antagonist

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the balancing of two contrasting thoughts, words, phrases

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antithesis

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Poetic device in which the writer directly addresses a person, a place, or thing as if it were present

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apostrophe

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9
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speech or comment which is intended for the audience and not heard by others on stage

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aside

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10
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repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

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assonance

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11
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an author’s account of his life

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autobiography

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a poem that tells a story, usually in 4 line stanzas w/ 2nd or 4th line rhyming

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ballad

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13
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ballad without an author; original ballad

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folk ballad

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14
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an account of a person’s life as told by someone else

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biography

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15
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poetic lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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16
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break/pause in a line of poetry

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caesura

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17
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section/division of poem

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canto

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18
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decisive point of greatest suspension when the reader realizes the outcome

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climax

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19
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a work that overcomes the problem created by antagonist; the protagonist extricates himself from the problem created by antagonist

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comedy

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20
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type of comedy that deals with social intrigues of polished and sophisticated society. The humor comes from character’s violation of society’s rules

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comedy of manors (aka drawing room comedy, British comedy)

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21
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the center of all literature; the clash faced by protagonist; presented by antagonist

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conflict

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22
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repetition of consonant sounds in a line

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consonance

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23
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a poet foot consisting of stressed followed by two unstressed

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dactyl

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24
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a formal poem mourning the death of someone

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elegy

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25
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sermon given at a funeral

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eulogy

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26
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inscription in a tombstone

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epitaph

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27
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a piece of nonfiction that expresses a personal point of view

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essay

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28
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dignified and impersonal in tone, seeking to construct or persuade

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Formal Essay

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29
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relaxed and conversational in tone, dealing with a wide variety

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informal essay

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30
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part of a story that helps the reader understand the background in which things take place

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exposition

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31
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a tale which uses animals with human characteristics to tell a moral truth

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fable

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32
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the resolution of a work following the climax

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Falling action (Denouement)

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33
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language that departs from the literal to achieve special effects. Use figure of speech

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Figurative

34
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device that permits writer to say on thing and mean another

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figures of speech

35
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two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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heroic couplet

36
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a verse line of 6 feet

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hexameter

37
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an exaggeration or overstatement intended for serious/humorous effect

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hyperbole

38
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a poetic foot of unstressed followed by stressed

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iamb

39
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rhyme scheme in which an unrhymed line in one stanza signals the rhyme in the following stanza

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interlocking rhyme

40
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rhyme that occurs within a line

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internal rhyme

41
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attribute or way of writing that depends on a discrepancy between what is apparent and what is real

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irony

42
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say one thing and mean something else

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verbal irony

43
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when the reader or audience perceives a mistake but the character is not aware about

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dramatic irony

44
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discrepancy between purpose and result. opposite happens from what you expect

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situation irony

45
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a sonnet having two parts - an octave (raises questions) and a sestet (answers question)

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italian sonnet

46
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standard phrase in old english by which something is described metaphorically, rather than directly

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kenning

47
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theatrical entertainment popular with 16th/17th-century aristocracy (play within a play, use of theatrical entertainment)

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mask

48
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two unlike words are compared without word of comparison

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metaphor

49
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a metaphor that compares two very different things

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metaphorical conceit

50
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a regular pattern of rhythm and poetry

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meter

51
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a trivial topic is treated humorously but it is approached in the grand style of an epic

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mock epic

52
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8 lines of a sonnet

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octave

53
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serious, dignified lyric poem written for a special occasion in honor of a particular person/abstract idea

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ode

54
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use of a word who’s sound suggests its mean

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onomatopoeia

55
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figure of speech which depends on a paradoxical contrast between two startlingly different things

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oxymoron

56
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repetition of phrases that is similar in structure or meaning

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parallelism

57
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figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics

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personification

58
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the person who faces the conflict represented by the antagonist

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protagonist

59
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sacred song/lyric

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psalm

60
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poetic stanza of 4 lines

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quatrain

61
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phrase/sentence repeated at intervals, especially at end o stanza

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refrain

62
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action which builds towards the climax

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rising action

63
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a piece of writing that holds up to ridicule weaknesses and wrongdoings of individual group. Seeks to change minds through laughter

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satire

64
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part of sonnet; six lines

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sestet

65
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figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared with like or as

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simile

66
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speech of some length, character is alone. Speaker reveals innermost thoughts and feelings

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soliloquy

67
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poem of 14 lines (usually iamb. pent.)

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sonnet

68
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a variable poetic meter when a stressed syllable is combined with any number of unstressed syllables

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sprung rhythm

69
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created by James Joyce. Attempts to imitate the flow of the character’s thoughts and feeling as he is thinking

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stream of consciousness

70
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authors characteristic way of writing including word choice, arrangement of words in sentences, relationship of sentences to each other

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style

71
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word of phrase used to stand for an idea

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symbol

72
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brief, witty, pointed comment

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epigram

73
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movement in literature that poets tend to avoid direct statements, use symbols that suggest meaning and established mood

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symbolism

74
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verse form consisting of 3 line stanzas in which the middle line rhymes with 1st and 3rd lines of the following stanzas

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terzarima

75
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poetic line of 4 feet

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tetrameter

76
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an unequal struggle, protagonist doesn’t solve conflict (classic tragedy has vision/growth)

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tragedy

77
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metrical line of 3 feet

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trimeter

78
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poetic foot stressed followed by unstressed

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trocheé

79
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way in which words are put together to form phrases

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syntax

80
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intricately patterned poem, 3 line stanzas except last is 4 lines. 1st and 3rd lines of poem is refrain

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villanelle

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