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14 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
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Metaphor |
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
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Symbol |
Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. |
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Persona |
the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others. |
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Archetype |
a very typical example of a certain person or thing. |
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Historical Reference |
References of a historical event in literature |
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Meter |
is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. |
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villanelle |
a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.
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Rhyme scheme |
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. |
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Tragic hero |
A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy. |
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Gothic |
is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. |
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Narrative Perspective |
The narrator is omniscient from a subjective perspective |
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protagonist |
the leading character, hero, or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
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Foreshadowing |
be a warning or indication of (a future event). |
