The Rest Flashcards
Cadence
The beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense.
Stanza
A group of lines roughly analogous in function in verse to the paragraphs function in prose.
Accent
In poetry, the stressed portion of a word.
Lament
A poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss.
Protagonist
The main character of a novel or play.
Melodrama
A form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very, good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroin oh-so-pure.
Allusion
A reference to another work or famous figure.
Black humor
The use of disturbing themes in comedy.
Refrain
T line or set of lines repeated several times over the course.
Rhetorical question
A question that suggests an answer.
Metaphor
A comparison of analogy that states one thing is another.
Satire
Humor that attempts to improve things by pointing out mistakes is hope that once exposed, such behavior will be less common.
Prelude
An introductory poem to a longer work or verse.
Chorus
In Greek drama, this group of citizens who stand outside the main stage and comment on it.
Parody
The work that results when a specific work is exaggerated.
Subjectivity
Treatment of subject matter from an interior or personal
Soliloquy
A speech spoken by a character alone on stage.
Point of view
The perspective from which the action of a novel is presented.
Ballad
A long narrative poem usually in very regular meter and rhyme, often having a folksy quality.
Nemesis
The protagonists arch enemy or supreme and persistent difficultly.
Objectivity
Treatment of subject matter from an impersonal or outside view of events.
Tragic flaw
In a tragedy, this view is the weakness of character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise.