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20 Cards in this Set
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Carpe Diem |
(Latin) 'Seize the day' An ideology developed during the late 16th century in which we humans must live for the now, not the tomorrow |
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Connotation |
The emotional associations surrounding a word or phrase, as opposed to its literal meaning |
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Conflicts |
Man vs. Man, man vs. Self, man vs. Nature |
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Climax |
Act III on Freytag's pyramid. A hiatus on the plays action occurs, leading to the technical climax of the play |
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Confidant |
The person in whom the Shakespearean protagonist confides and relies upon for support and advice |
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Chinaquain |
A five line stanza |
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Chiasmus |
A syntactical structure that presents opposite circumstances |
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Consonance |
The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words, traditionally to be preceded by different vowel sounds |
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Cacophony |
Unpleasant combination of sounds |
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Characterization |
An authors use of dialogue, behavior, description and thoughts in order to develop his characters |
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Caesura |
A slight pause within the line (usually indicated by the symbol //) |
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Dramatic irony |
When the audience or certain characters are privy to something that some characters are not |
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Dramatic monologue |
A lyric in which the speaker, usually at a critical moment in life, addresses someone who's replies are not recorded |
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Dactyl |
A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable and two stressed syllables |
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Diction |
Choice and use of words |
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Denotation |
The strict, literal meaning of a word |
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Dramatic situation |
The literal plot meaning of a poem, as opposed to the symbolic meaning |
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Dimeter |
A poetic line of two metrical feet |
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Double Entendre |
The employment of a word with various meanings, utilizing several of its meanings simultaneously |
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Dipthong |
Two syllables that are counted as one |
