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23 Cards in this Set
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Anecdote |
A short story about a real incendent or person. |
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Blank verse |
Verse without rhyme |
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Ceasura |
A break in a verse where one phrase ends and the following phrase begins. |
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Enjament |
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line couplet or stanza. |
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Epiphany |
A sudden moment of understanding |
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Extended metaphor |
A comparison of two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem |
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Foil |
A character responsible for the thoughts and actions of the story |
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Free verse |
Poetry that is characterized by varying line lengths, lack of traditional meter, and non-rhyming lines. |
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Iambic petameter |
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable |
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Lyric poetry |
Poems meant to be sung with a lyre. |
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Metonymy |
The metaphorical substitution of one word or phrase |
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Ode |
Serious lyric poem that is written to praise someone or an object |
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Paradox |
A statement that seems contradictory but may actually be true |
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Parody |
Work that imitates other work for comic effect |
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Satire |
A literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure |
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Tone |
The writers attitude |
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Aphorism |
A concise observation that contains a general truth |
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Apostrophe |
A term used when the speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. |
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Cadence |
Rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece. |
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Cartharsis |
An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of libertarian from anxiety or stress. |
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Euphemism |
Polite and indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh |
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In medias rez |
Plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events. |
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Synecdoche |
A literary technique in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts |
