The Rest Flashcards

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Cadence

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The beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense.

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Stanza

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A group of lines roughly analogous in function in verse to the paragraphs function in prose.

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Accent

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In poetry, the stressed portion of a word.

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Lament

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A poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss.

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Protagonist

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The main character of a novel or play.

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Melodrama

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A form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very, good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroin oh-so-pure.

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Allusion

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A reference to another work or famous figure.

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Black humor

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The use of disturbing themes in comedy.

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Refrain

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T line or set of lines repeated several times over the course.

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Rhetorical question

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A question that suggests an answer.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of analogy that states one thing is another.

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Satire

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Humor that attempts to improve things by pointing out mistakes is hope that once exposed, such behavior will be less common.

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Prelude

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An introductory poem to a longer work or verse.

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Chorus

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In Greek drama, this group of citizens who stand outside the main stage and comment on it.

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Parody

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The work that results when a specific work is exaggerated.

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Subjectivity

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Treatment of subject matter from an interior or personal

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Soliloquy

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A speech spoken by a character alone on stage.

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Point of view

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The perspective from which the action of a novel is presented.

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Ballad

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A long narrative poem usually in very regular meter and rhyme, often having a folksy quality.

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Nemesis

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The protagonists arch enemy or supreme and persistent difficultly.

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Objectivity

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Treatment of subject matter from an impersonal or outside view of events.

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Tragic flaw

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In a tragedy, this view is the weakness of character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise.

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Simile

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A comparison or analogy using like or as.

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Antihero

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A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities.

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Epic

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A long, narrative poem, on a serious theme and in a dignified style.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words whose sounds suggest their meanings.

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Irony

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A statement that means opposite of what it seems to mean.

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Oxymoron

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A phrase composed of opposite of what it seems to mean.

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Euphemism

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A work or phrase that takes place of a harsh, unpleasant, or impolite reality. Passed away=die, passed gas=farted.

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Euphemism

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Sound blended harmoniously.

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Farce

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Extremely broad humor.

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Lyric

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A type of poem that explores the poets personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.

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Personification

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When an inanimate object takes on human shape.

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Free verse

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Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme to metrical pattern.

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of a word.

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Lampoon

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A satire.

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Colloquialism

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A word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn’t a part of accepted “school book” English.

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Genre

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A sub-category of literature, like science fiction or detective stories.

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Couplet

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a pair of lines that ends in rhyme.

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Connotation

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Everything that a word suggests or implies.

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Diction, syntax

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The authors choice of words, order and structure of words.

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Elegy

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A type of poem that mediates on death or morality in a serious, thoughtful manner.

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Theisis

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The main position of an argument; the central contention that with be supported.

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Epitaph

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Lined that coo rate the dead at their

burial place; usually a line or handful of lines, often serious or religious, but sometimes witty or irreverent.

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Foreshadowing

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An event or statement in a narrative that in miniature suggests a larger event that comes out later.

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Allegory

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A story on which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.

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Assonance

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The repeated use of vowel sounds as in “old king cole”.

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Canto

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The name for a section division in a long work of poetry, divided a long poem into parts the way chapters divide a novel.

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Foot

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The basic rhythmic unit of a line of poetry; formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed.

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Caricature

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A portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Consonant clusters coming closely cramped and compressed-no coincidence.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration or deliberate overstatement.

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Aside

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A speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside the action on stage.

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Stock characters

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Standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl.

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Utopia

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An idealized place; imaginary communities in which people are able to love in happiness, prosperity, and peace.