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15 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
A symbolic story |
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Elegy |
A mournful song or poem |
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Eulogy |
a speech given in praise of something deceased |
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Ballad |
a sentimental song or poem |
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Epigraph |
An inscription |
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Epitaph |
An inscription on a tomb |
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Antecedent |
the thing that proceeds something else. (“Jim ate ice cream for dessert. He liked it.” Jim is the antecedent of him.) |
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Pastoral |
any work related to rural life, shepherds, farming, country life, serenity, or nature. (Think “pasture”) |
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Sonnet |
a 14 lined poem with a the rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg. |
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Monologue |
a prolonged talk/speech. Typically given when the speaker and the audience are both aware of each other’s presence. |
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Soliloquy |
When an actor on stage speaks their thoughts out loud. They pretend that the audience isn’t there to hear their thoughts. |
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Aside |
when an actor on stage who has been pretending the audience isn’t there suddenly addresses the audience directly, acknowledging their presence. Typically this is done with more than one actor on stage, and the other actors pretend not to hear what was said to the audience. |
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Divulge (verb) (divulged, divulging, divulges, divulger, divulgence, divulgement) |
to proclaim or make known. |
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Evince (verb) (evinced, evincing, evinces, evincible) |
to provide evidence; to display clearly |
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Alacrity (noun) (alacritous) |
promptness in response; cheerful readiness |
