English Lit. Words

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anecdote

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a short narrative about an interesting/biograhical incident.

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character sketch

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a narrative about a character

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fable

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a brief tale that illustrates a moral lesson adn often has animals

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legend

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a story about teh past, considered historical but not verifiable

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allegory

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story that teaches a lesson through symbolism

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epic

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long narrative poem about a hero

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ballad

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narrative poem meant to be sung or recited

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sonnet

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lyric poem meant to be sung or recited

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ode

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lengthy lyric poem with complex stanzas, often praising someone

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elegy

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moumful o

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elegy

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moumful or melancholy poem, often for the dead

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lyric

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short poem in which one speaker expresses personal thoughts

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editorial

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opion piece

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informative/explanatory essay

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literary piece that informs or explains

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analytical essay

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literary piece that analyzes

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analogy

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a comparison of 2 similar things

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apostrophe

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someone absent/dead/nonhuman is addressed as present

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paradox

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a statement that seems to contradict but is actually true

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soliloquy

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in a drama, a speech where character says thoughts aloud while alone

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verse

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metrical language; the opposite of prose

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stanza forms

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couplet-a pair of rhymed lines
quatrain-a 4line stanza, often marked by its rhyme scheme
sestet-a 6line stanza
octet(octave)-an 8line stanza

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aside

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in a drama a character expresses thoughts aloud that are not meant to be heard by some characters on stage

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solioquy

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in a drama a speech where character says thoughts aloud while alone

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monologue

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in drama and extended uninterrupted speech by a character

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caricature

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adescription of a person that over-exaggerates or over-simplifies some characteristics

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denotation

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a words literal meaning

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connotation

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a words overtones of meaning

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cliche

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expression/idea that is so overused that is has lost meaning or effect

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irony types

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dramatic
situational
verbal

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dialect

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form of language as spoken in a particular region or by a particular people

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pun

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a joke created by a play on words, often using a words multiple meanings