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Ambiguity

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More than one possible meaning from language with the capacity to function on literal and non literal levels.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of sounds through a sequence of words. (e.g. Crazy kangaroo, loud house)

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of a line, clause or sentence.

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Auditor

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Implied listener.

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Dramatic poetry

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Must have an auditor

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated language

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Iambic

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Metrical form of poetry reading like sheet music.

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Inciting incident

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An action that sets plot into motion

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Irony

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Characterized by a significant difference between what is expected and what actually happens.

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Verbal irony

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Occurs when a word in context means something different from what it appears to mean. Sarcasm

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Situational irony

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Occurs when something happens to a character that they did not expect to happen.

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows something the character does not know.

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Lyric poetry

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A cohesive meditation in an idea.

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Metaphor

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Two unlike things are compared without using like or as

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Meter

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Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

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Mood

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The way the reader feels when reading

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Motif

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A recurrent device, formula or situation.

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Narrative poetry

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Tells a story

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Onomatopoeia

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The sound of the word suggest the meaning. Bang honk.

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Pentameter

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Line of poetry with five feet

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Persona

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The speaker in a poem.

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Prose

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Sentences and paragraph form

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Prose poem

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Poem in prose form but still had poetic qualities.

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Simile

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An explicit comparison of two things using like or as.

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Sonnet

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14 lines of iambic pentameter. 3 quatrains and a couplet. Usually discussing unrequited love.

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Theme

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A topic explored in a literary work. NOT THE MAIN IDEA.

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Tone

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Writers attitude towards material or reader.

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Antihero

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A protagonist that does not posses normal heroic characteristics.

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Antagonist

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A character or nonhuman force that is in conflict with the protagonist.

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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Character

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An imaginary personage who acts, appears, or is referred to in a literary work.

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Main character

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Receive most attention

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Minor characters

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Receive least attention

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Flat character

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Simple, predictable, few dominant traits.

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Round character

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Complex multifaceted and unpredictable.

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Static character

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Do not change over story.

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Dynamic character

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Change over story

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Comedy

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The protagonist gets what he/she wants.

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Foil character

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A character that serves by contrast to highlight traits in another character.

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Plot

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The arrangement of the action

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Exposition

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Phase 1. Sets the scene introduces characters and establishes situation of play.

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Rising action

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Phase 2. Events complicate. Intensifying initial conflict or introducing new conflict.

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Climax

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Phase 3. Action stops rising and begins falling.

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Falling action

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Phase 4. Conflict mows towards resolution.

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Conclusion.

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Phase 5. Situation stabs loses and conflict is resolved.

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Denouement

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Any action that follows conclusion and ties up loose ends.

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Protagonist

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Main character in literary work

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Soliloquy

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A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience. Represents the character thinking out loud.

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Tragedy

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Protagonist does not get what he/she wants.

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Character identification

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What play they are in. Who they are. What they do.

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