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Aesthetics
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philosophy studying sensory values, taste, art
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alexandrine
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line of poetic meter in german and french literature
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allegory
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representation conveying something other than meaning
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amphibrach
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metrical foot consisting of one long syllable between two short ones
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anarchronism
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out of place or impossible
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anangnorisis
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discovery
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anapest
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metrical foot consists of 2 short syllables followed by a long one
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aphorism
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definition or truth
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apostrophe
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speaker directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract idea
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archetype
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a generic model of a person object or concept
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asyndeton
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no conjunctions (and, if, but)
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aubade
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poem or song about lovers separating at dawn
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ballad
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story or poem in song
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bathos
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covers ridiculous art or performance; unintended humor from high and low
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bildungsroman
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novel which traces spiritual, moral, social, psychological development of protagonist
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blank verse
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no rhyme
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byronic hero
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flawed character exemplified in the life and writings of lord byron
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cacophony
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harsh sound
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cadence
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chord that closes a muscal phrase
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caesura
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audible pause that breaks up a line or verse
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catachresis
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incorrect or improper use of a word
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catharsis
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cleansing
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chain of being
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order of the universe
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chiasmus
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reversal of structures
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conceit
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extended metaphor in metaphysical poetry; governs the entire poem;
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dactyl
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element of meter in poetry; long syllable and two short ones
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decasyllabic verse
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contains ten syllables
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denotation
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definition
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denouement
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series of events that follow a climax
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Deux ex Machina
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unexpected or improbable event or person introduced in fiction to untangle a plot
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disopdy
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a double foot or unit of measure
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dithyramb
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Greek hymn sung to the god Dionysus
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dystopia
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oppressive social control; opposite of utopia
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elegy
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poem of sorrow
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end-stopped rhyme
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line that coincides with end of sentence
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epigram
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short poem with clever twist at end or witty statement
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epithet
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descriptive word or phrase that has become a fixed formula
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euphony
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describes pleasing speech
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exegesis
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critical interpretation of text; especially holy
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existentialism
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philosophy that individuals have full responsibility for creating the meaning of their own lives
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farce
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comedy entertains by unlikely situations and broad humor
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feminine rhyme
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rhyme that matches two or more syllables at the end of lines
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frame story
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main story is composed to organize a set of shorter stories
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freytag's pyramid
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beginning middle and end of drama
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greek tragedy
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7 parts; downfall of hero
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haiku
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17 syllable verse 5-7-5
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heptameter
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one or more lines of verse containing seven feet
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homeric simile
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epic simile; compares unlike things with as or so
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hexameter
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six metrical feet per line
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idiom
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can only be determined through context
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in medias res
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a literary technique where the narrative starts in the middle
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jacobean age
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period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of James
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juvenalian satire
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formal satire characterized by criticism and dislike
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limerick
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five line poem with a strict meter
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litote
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figure of speech to strengthen or weaken the emphasis of a claim by denying its opposite
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lyric poetry
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form of poetry that doesn't attempt to tell a story
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modrigal
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setting for two or more voices of a secular text
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marxism
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theory based on karl marx's work including his five stages of history
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masculine rhyme
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single stressed syllable at the end of a line
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masque
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festive courtly entertainment;
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medieval drama
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theater of Europe between the fall of Roman Empire and beginnings of the Renaissance
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meiosis
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figure of speech that intentionally understates; makes subject appear less important
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metaphrase
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translate or manipulate wording
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metaphysical
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British lyric poets of 17th century shared interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; verse appeals to intellect not emotions; characterized by metaphysical conceits(unusual similes or metaphors with a complex logic)
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metonymy
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substitution of one word for another word with which it is associated
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mock epic
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satire that adapts elevated heroic style of classical epic poem to a trivial subject ; makes something not important in a very verbal important way
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morality play
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type of theatrical allegory
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neoclassical
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revival of classical forms and aesthetics and ideals
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objective correlative
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T.S. Elliot, only way to express things
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Oedipus complex
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stage of psycho sexual development in childhood where child competes with father for love of mother
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paradox
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true statement that contradicts something
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parataxis
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juxtaposition of clauses with coordinating or subordinating conjunctions
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pastoral
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poetry concerned with rural subjects
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prolepsis
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anachronistic representation of something as existing before its proper or historical time
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prosody
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refers to meter
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proverb
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simple popular saying repeated truth based on common sense
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Pyrrhic
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metrical foot in petry consists of two unaccented short syllables
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