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Question 0

couplet

Answer 0

two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that presents a single idea or connection

ex shakespeare “so long as men can breathe or eyes can see/So long lives this and this gives life to thee”

Question 1

consonance

Answer 1

rep of a sequence of two or come consonance

Question 2

dactylic

Answer 2

a metrical foot in poetry that consists of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable

everywhere, everywhere, christmas tonight
christmas in lands of the fit-tree and pines

Question 3

denotation

Answer 3

dictionay meaning

Question 4

dialect

Answer 4

language to a specific region/group of people

yall

Question 5

diction

Answer 5

specific word choice an author uses to persuiade or convey tone, purpose, or effect

Question 6

dramatic monologue

Answer 6

monologue set in a specific situation and spoken to an imaginary audience

Question 7

elegy

Answer 7

poetic lament upon death of a person

Question 8

enjambment

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continuation of a sentance from one line or couplet of a poem to the next

oh may i join the choir invisible
of these immortal dead who live again
in minds made better by their presence; live
in pulses stirred to generosity

Question 9

epic

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poem that celebrates in a continuous narrative the achievements of mighty heroes and heroines, often concerned with the founding of a nation or developing of a culture

Question 10

exposition

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the part of the structure that sets the scene, introduces and identifies characters, and establishes the situation at the beginning of a story or play

Question 11

extended metaphor

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a detailed and complex metaphor that extends over a long period of a work, also known as CONCEIT

Question 12

FABLE

Answer 12

legend/short moral story that uses animals as characters

Question 13

falling action

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the part or plot structure in which the complications of the rising action are untangled, also known as DENOUEMENT

Question 14

farce

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play or scene in play or book that is characterized by broad humor - slapstick/ physical humor

Question 15

flashback

Answer 15

retrospection, looking back

Question 16

foreshadowing

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to hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand

Question 17

formal diction

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language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal, often used in narrative epic poetry

Question 18

free verse

Answer 18

poetry that is characterized by varying line lengths, lack of trad meter and nonrhyming lines

Question 19

genre

Answer 19

a type or class of literature such as epic or narrative or poetry

Question 20

Hyperbole

Answer 20

Overstatement using exaggerated language

Question 21

Iambic

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Metrical foot in poetry that consists in poetry of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
-/-/-/-/-/
Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
How art more lovely and more temperate.

Question 22

Idyll

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Short Poem describing a country or pastoral scene, praising peace and rustic life

Question 23

Imagery

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Any sensory details created using figurative language

Question 24

Informal diction

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Language that is not as lofty or impersonal as formal diction similar to every day speech

Question 25

In medias res

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“in the midst of things” refers to opening a story in the middle of a action necessitating feeling and past details by exposition a flashback

Question 26

Irony

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A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant

Question 27

Jargon

Answer 27

Specialize or technical language of the trade, profession, or similar group