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30 Cards in this Set
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Blank Verse
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poetry written in regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always iambic pentameters.
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Iamb
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a foot. Unstressed symbol, stressed symbol
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Iambic Pentameter
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The term describes the rhythm that the words establish in that line, which is measured in small groups of syllables called "feet".
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Apostrophe
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an address to an imaginary or absent person or a personification
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Aside
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happens when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage
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Soliloquy
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a long speech of deliberation given by a character alone on stage.
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Harmartia
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a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.
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Hyperbole
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exaggerated statement not meant to be taken seriously
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Horation Satire
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voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. The speaker holds up a gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader a wry smile
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Peripetea
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The "fatal flaw" brings the hero down from his/her elevated state
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Anagnorisis
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a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery.
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Catharsis
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the audience's purging of emotions through pity and fear
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Hubris
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excessive pride
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Tragic flaw
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refers to a personality trait of a main character that leads to his or her downfall.
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Prose
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written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
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Incongruity
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out of place — something that doesn't fit in its location or situation.
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Juvenalian satire
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formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation. It, in its realism and its harshness is in strong contrast to Horatian satire
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Rhyming Couplet
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is two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought.
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Alliteration
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Exemplum
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A brief story used to make a point in an argument or to illustrate a moral truth.
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Fable
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short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
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Fabliau
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a metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry.
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Metadrama
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refers to instances of self-reflexivity in a play, where a play draws attention to itself as a work of dramatic art
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Frame story
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a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
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Reversal
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The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist. Oedipus's and Othello's recognitions are also reversals. They learn what they did not expect to learn. See Recognition and also Irony.
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Knight
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Chauncer's favorite
Hard worker Travels with squire & yeoman |
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Prioress
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Nun
Disingenuous- cares more about appearance Attractive Amor vincit omnia- love conquers all Doesn't follow vows Madam Englantyne |
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Friar
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Traded absolution for money and sex
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Monk
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Hubert
Hunter Spent money on clothes and dogs |
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Parson
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Only religion that Chaucer liked
Walked the walk and talked the talk What a religious person should be |
