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accent
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the stressed portion of a word
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What do accents do in Spanish?
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allegory
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A figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal. Characters may also be given names such as Hope, Pride, Youth and Charity though they have few if any personal qualities beyond their abstract meanings.
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AL GORE is pro-gore.
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alliteration
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words close to each other
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allusion
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Reference to another work or famous figure well-known
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anachronism
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Something or someone out of order in time
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ANAmoly in the CHRONicles
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Analogy
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Comparision of one thing to Another; Similarity
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ANAther "-LOGY" = another study of something
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Anecdote
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Short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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Quick cure to Embarrasment from situation is an "antidote"
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Aphorism
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Proverb
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A '4' ISNT a '5'. = We're all different even if we have some similarities.
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Apostrophe
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Device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing, or personified absraction
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A POSTcard to a TROPHy
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Aside
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Brief speech or comment that an actor makes to the audience, supposedly unheard by other actors on stage
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Talking to someone's bAckSIDE = Talking behind someone's back
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Ballad
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Long narrative poem that presensts a single dramatic episode, often tragic or violent
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BAD LAD from BAGHDAD
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The two types of ballads are:
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Folk and Literary
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Blank Verse
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Most commonly found in Shakespeare.
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Burlesque
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Broad Parody imitates and exaggerates a specific work into ridiculousness
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BURL-Ee QUEen
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Cacophony
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Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry/prose
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CAKORING (Cackling) PHONe (instead of gentle ringing)
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Caricature
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Descriptive writing that exagerrates a specific feature of appearance or facet of personality
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Catharsis
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Emotional Release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy
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HARSh CATsis...*sob*
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Chorus (Greek drama)
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In Greek drama, group of characters who comment on action taking place on stage
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Classicism
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Principles and styles admired in Greek and Roman literature such as sensibility, restraint, and formality
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CLASS IS "CIS"-temed
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Colloquialism
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SLANG
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conceit
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Elaborate figure of speech in which two seemingly dissimilar objects/situations are compared
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CON-men and a bed SHEET? Who'd a thunk it?
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consonance
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Repitition of identical consonant sounds: "boost/best, fulfill, ping-pong"
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CON, SON, CON!!
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Caesura
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Pause within line of poetry that contributes to the rhythm of the line. Indicated by double vertical line.
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CAEsar's cenSURE: Brutus, /damnit\ e tu?
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Carpe diem
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· Life is short; Enjoy it.
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"Seize the day."
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Connotation
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Implications of a word that go beyond literal meaning
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Eagle -> Liberty and Freedom
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Petrarchan Conceit
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Eyes like stars or the sun
Freezing Fire Lips like Cherries |
Over-the-top Romance Speeches
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Couplet
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2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and have same meter
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Heroic Couplet
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Rhymed Iambic Pentameter
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Denotation
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Dictionary meaning of a word
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NOTE the DEfiniTION
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elegy
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Mournful poem written to commemorate someone who is dead. Often expresses melancholy thoughts of writer.
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