Vocab- Week 9 Flashcards
The practice in literature of attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail
Realism
A repeated stanza or line in a poem or song
Refrain
The development of action in a work usually at the beginning
Rising action
A question that is asked simply for stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered
Rhetorical question
The repetition of the same or similar sounds most often at the end of the lines
Rhyme
The modulation of weak and strong elements in the flow of speech
Rhythm
A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually harshly or bitterly critical
Sarcasm
A literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure
Satire
The analysis of verse to show its meter
Scansion
The time and place of the action in a story,poem, or play
Setting
