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A reference to history, the Bible, art

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Allusion

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Noun or pronoun that defines an earlier noun or pronoun

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Appositive

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A tale in which the characters represent abstract ideas or moral qualities

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Allegory

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Repetition of initial sounds in a line of verse or prose

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Alliteration

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Comparison between two objects for the purpose of showing similarities

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Analogy

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Poetic foot of two unstressed followed by a stressed

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Anapest

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A person who opposes the protagonist and creates the conflict

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Antagonist

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Balancing of two contrasting thoughts, words, or phrases

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Antithesis

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

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Apostrophe

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A speech in plays intended for the audience, and not for other characters on stage

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Aside

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Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

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Assonance

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An author’s account of his/her life

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Autobiography

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A poem that tells a story, usually in four line stanzas, with the second and fourth line rhyming

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Ballad

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Detailed story of a person’s life

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Biography

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Poetic lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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Break of pause in a line of poetry

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Caesura

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A section or division of a long poem

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Canto

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Decisive point of a narrative; the moment of greatest intensity when the outcome becomes apparent

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Climax

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Literature in which the conflict is resolved and the protagonist solves his problem

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Comedy

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Literature in which the humor stems from the character’s violation of the decorum and rules by which all operate in a polished and sophisticated society

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Comedy of manners/Drawing room comedy/British comedy (humor)

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Clash of viewpoints; the struggle around which the plot revolves

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Conflict

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Repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry

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Consonance

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A poetic foot consisting of stressed, followed by 2 unstressed

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Dactyl

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Formal poem mourning the death of an individual

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Elegy

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Sermon given or speech presented at a funeral by a minister or loved one
Eulogy
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Inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
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Sonnet (14 line poem) consisting of 3 quatrains that state the problem or ask a question and a couplet that resolves the problem or answers the question
Elizabethan sonnet
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Brief, witty poignant comment
Epigram
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Piece of prose that expresses a personal point of view
Essay
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Dignified in tone, always seems to instruct or persuade
Formal essay
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Conversational and relaxed, on a variety of subjects
Informal essay
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Part of the story that helps the reader understand background
Exposition
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Action following the climax
Falling action
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Language that departs from the literal for literary effect
Figurative language
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Saying one thing and meaning another
Figure of speech
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Two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Heroic couplet
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A verse line consisting of six feet
Hexameter
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Exaggeration or overstatement of fact used for humorous or serious purpose
Hyperbole
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Poetic foot of unstressed followed by stressed
Iamb
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Most popular verse form in English poetry: Five feet in a line, each one an iamb
Iambic pentameter
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Rhyme scheme in which a rhymed line in one stanza signals the rhyme in the next stanza
Interlocking rhyme
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Rhyme that occurs within the line of poetry
Internal rhyme
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An attitude or way of writing that depends of a discrepancy between what is apparent and what is real
Irony
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Discrepancy between purpose and result OR between what happens versus what is expected
Irony of situation
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Discrepancy when you say one thing and mean something else
Verbal irony
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When the reader/audience perceives something that the character does not
Dramatic irony
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An octave (states the question) and a sestet (answers the question)
Italian sonnet
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Standard phrase popular in Old English where something is described metaphorically rather than directly
Kenning
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Kind of theatrical entertainment popular among the English aristocracy in the late 16th and early 17th century, made use of songs, dances, stage effects, lyric poetry, etc. (Play within a play)
Masque
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Figure of speech in which two unlike words are compared without a word of comparison
Metaphor
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Metaphor (comparison) between two startlingly different things
Metaphysical conceit
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A regular pattern of rhythm in poetry
Meter
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Work in which something trivial/trivial topic is treated seriously and follows the characteristics of the traditional epic
Mock epic
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First 8 lines of a sonnet
Octave
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Serious dignified lyric poem usually written for a special occasion in honor of a particular person, place, or thing
Ode
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Word whose sound suggests its meaning
Onomatopoeia
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Figure of speech which depends on a paradoxical contrast between what is apparent and what is real
Oxymoron
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A statement true in fact, although it seems to contradict itself
Paradox
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Repetition of phrases that are similar in structure or meaning
Parallelism
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Figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities
Personification
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Central character who faces the conflict presented by the antagonist
Protagonist
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Sacred song or lyric
Psalm
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Poetic stanza of four lines
Quatrain
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A phrase or sentence repeated at intervals and at the end
Refrain
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Action which builds toward the climax
Rising action
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A piece of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals, groups, or humanity in general; seeks to change the reader's mind through the force of laughter by making fun
Satire
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Six lines of poetry
Sestet
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Figure of speech in which two things are compared with a word of comparison
Simile
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Lengthy speech in which the speaker/character reveals his most innermost thoughts and feelings, as if he were thinking aloud
Soliloquy
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14 lined poem in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
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Variable kind of meter in which a stressed syllable may be combined with any number of unstressed
Sprung rhythm
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Style of writing that attempts to imitate the character's flow of thoughts as he is thinking them
Stream of consciousness
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An author's characteristic way of writing determined by his word choice, arrangement of words in sentences, and relationship of sentences to one another
Style
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Word or phrase used to stand for an idea
Symbol
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Verse form with 3 line stanzas which incorporates the middle of 1 rhyming with the 1st and 3rd lines of the next stanza (interlocking rhyme)
Terza Rima
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A literary movement where authors used powerful symbols to dictate mood, themes, etc.
Symbolism
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Poetic line of four feet
Tetrameter
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Way in which words are arranged in order to form phrases
Syntax
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Literature in which the conflict is not resolved and the protagonist does not solve his problem, extricating himself from the conflict that the antagonist has created
Tragedy
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Metrical line consisting of three feet
Trimeter
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Poetic foot consisting of a stressed followed by an unstressed
Trochee
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Intricately patterned poem (3 line stanzas and a concluding stanza of 4 lines), with the first and third line of the first stanza serving as a refrain that doubles as the end of the poem and also is interwoven throughout. Has two rhymes only.
Villanelle
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Character in a piece of literature for the express purpose of pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of another character
Character foil

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