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16 Cards in this Set
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a man, usually noble of birth, who has a tragic flaw, will gain pity of audience
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Tragic Hero
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sentence when a verb precedes the subject
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inverted syntax
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the emotional atmosphere, mood
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tone
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a four lined stanza
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quatrain
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repetition of a vowel in a line of poetry
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assonance
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primarily intended to reflect qualities valued by clan the bard wrote to
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epic hero
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repetition of the first consonant sound in a line of poetry
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alliteration
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two nouns compounded to create a stronger meaning
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kenning
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a work of literature which is intended to poke fun at something
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satire
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voice of the people, public poet
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bard
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minor plot line in a larger work
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double plot
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feeling universe has been put back into orderafter chaos
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catharsis
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a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent a whole
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synecdoche
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the substitution of the name of the attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
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metonymy
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actions, words, description of narrator
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methods of characterization
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a work of literature, dramatic in form
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tragedy
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