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15 Cards in this Set
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4 types of poetic diction |
Formal Informal Poetic Middle |
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3 literary tools to help with realism |
satire irony details |
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the 5 feet by which we measure the metrical unit of a line poetry |
Iamb Dactyl Spondee Anapest Trochee |
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2 types of poetic form |
Fixed (or closed) form: when a poem is categorized by the pattern of its lines, meter, rhymes and stanzas Free (or open) form: poems that do not conform to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza |
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Oxymorons |
are condensed forms of paradoxes in which two contradictory terms are used together |
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Paradox |
is a statement that initially appears to be self-contradictory but, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense |
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Persona |
is a speaker created by the poet to narrate |
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Tone |
is a writer's attitude toward the subject, the mood created by all of the elements in the poem |
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Allusion |
is a brief cultural reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature |
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Denotation |
means the dictionary definition of a word |
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Connotation |
means the associated and implied definition of a word |
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Melodrama |
offer THRILLS and CHILLS as well as HAPPY ENDINGS Typically include a virtuous individual struggling under a WICKED oppressor who is defeated at the last moment Suspense is reinforced through pursuits captures and escapes |
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Realism |
is a literary technique that attempts to create the appearance of life as it is actually experienced |
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Modern Drama |
written during or after the last quarter of the 19th century 1875- PRESENT |
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Elizabethan Drama |
Passages of subtly poetry Deep philosophy Obscene Language Sensational Violence OVERACTED |
