English

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Motif

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a recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature. A motif may also be two contrasting elements in a work, such as good and evil.

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Atmosphere

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feeling created from character

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Irony

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verbal; hey tan whats ur name. situational; firemans house burned down. dramatic; hannah montana

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Sonority

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alliteration, consonance, assonance, onomatopoeia

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Allusion

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reference to people, places, events, literary works, myths or works of art (classical; greek/roman myths, biblical, historical; events in history, literary; works of literature)

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Archetype

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recurring symbols, characters, stories, etc. that appear in many cultures and myths

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Metonym

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A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated

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allegory

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extended metaphor

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paradox

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oxymoron, possible truth

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Verse and Stanza

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poem
chunk of poem

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Couplet

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Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, forming a unit.

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Quatrain/ free verse and blank verse/ dramatic monologue

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A stanza of four lines, esp. one having alternate rhymes.
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
Verse without rhyme, esp. that which uses iambic pentameter.
A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person

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Narrative poetry/ Lyric poetry/ Epic poetry/ Ballad/ Ode/ Limerick/ Haiku

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poetry which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well
a short poem of songlike quality.
poem about a hero
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
A poem meant to be sung.
A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.

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Sonnet (Petrarchan and Shakespearean Sonnets - Octave and Sestet)

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a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd.
a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
An octave is a verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter
A group of six lines of poetry, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet

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Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme

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Have or end with a sound that corresponds to another
The ordered pattern of rhymes.

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Rhythm

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A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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Iambic Pentameter

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commonly used metrical line in traditional verse and verse drama. The term describes the particular rhythm that the words establish in that line