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allegory
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a narration or description usually restricted to a single meaning b/c its events, actions, characters, settings, and obj. represent specific abstractions or ideas
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Aside
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a speech directed to the audience that supposedly is not heard by the other characters on stage
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assonance
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the repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same
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alliteration
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the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable
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antihero
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a protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributues of a hero.
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archetype
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a term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconcious responses in a reader
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apostrophe
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an address, either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to sth nonhuman that cannot comprehend
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Ballad
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a ballad is a song transmitte orally from generation to generation that tells a story and that eventuallly is written down. often dramatic, condensed and imperosnal narratives
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
closest to the natural rhythms of english speech |
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chorus
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in greek tragedies a group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters
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climax
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the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative and often marks the turning point
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connotation
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associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word
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consonance
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a common type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds ex. home, same: worth, breath
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couplet
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two consectutive lines of peotry that usually rhyme and have the same meter.
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denotation
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the dictionary meaning of a word
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diction
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a writier's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning
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figures of speech
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ways of using language that deviate form the literal dontative meanings of words in order to suggest additional meaning or effects.
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foil
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a character in a work whose behavior and valuse contrast with thsoe of antoher character in order to highlight the distinctive temperament of that character
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foot
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the metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured. usually consists of one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables
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iambic foot
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consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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foreshadowing
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the introduction early in a story of verbal and dramatic hints that suggest what is to come later
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free verse
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also called open form poetry, it refers to peoms characterized by the nonconformity to established patters of meter, rhyme, and stanza
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hamartia
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Aristotoel-"some error or frailty" that brings misfortune for a tragic hero.
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hubris
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excessive pride or self-confidence that leads a protagonist to disregard a divine warning or to violate an important moral law
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hyperbole
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a boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis w/out intending to be literally true
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iambic pentameter
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a metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line
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imagery
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the representation through language of a sense experience
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irony
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a literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true
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verbal irony
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a figure of speech that occurs when a person says one thing but means the opposite sarcasm
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dramatic irony
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creates a discrepancy between what a character believes or says and what the reader or audience member knows to be true
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tragic irony
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is a form of dramatic irony found in tragedies
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situational irony
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when there is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens due to forces beyond human comprehension or control
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cosmic irony
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discrepency exists between what a charcater aspires to be true and what universal forces provide
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metaphor
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a FOS that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using "like" or "as"
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meter
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when a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem
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onomatopoeia
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a term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes
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oxymoron
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a condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together
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paradox
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a statement that initially appears to be contradictory but then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense
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persona
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literally means mask, in lit. persona is a speaker created by a writer to tell a story or to speak in a poem
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personification
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a form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things
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plot
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an author's selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a praticular focus
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point of view
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who tells us a story and how it is told, narrator
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protagonist
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the maincharacter of a narrative; its central character who engages the reader's interest and empathy
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quatrain
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a four-lined stanza. are the most common stanzaic form in the english language
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rhyme
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the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the end of lines
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tragic irony
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is a form of dramatic irony found in tragedies
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situational irony
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when there is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens due to forces beyond human comprehension or control
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cosmic irony
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discrepency exists between what a charcater aspires to be true and what universal forces provide
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metaphor
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a FOS that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using "like" or "as"
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meter
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when a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem
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onomatopoeia
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a term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes
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oxymoron
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a condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together
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paradox
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a statement that initially appears to be contradictory but then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense
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persona
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literally means mask, in lit. persona is a speaker created by a writer to tell a story or to speak in a poem
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personification
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a form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things
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plot
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an author's selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a praticular focus
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point of view
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who tells us a story and how it is told, narrator
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protagonist
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the maincharacter of a narrative; its central character who engages the reader's interest and empathy
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quatrain
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a four-lined stanza. are the most common stanzaic form in the english language
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rhyme
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the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the end of lines
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rhythm
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a term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed ans unstressed sounds in poetry
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scansion
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the process of measureing the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line
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soliloquy
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a dramatic convention by means of which a character, alone onstage, utters his or her thoughts aloud.
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Petrarchian (Italian) Sonnet
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divided into an octave and sestet, the octave has a abbaabba rhyme scheme and the sestet has varying schemes
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Shakespearean (English) sonnet
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three quatrains and a couplet
abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme couplet introduces new idea does not follow previous idea |
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symbol
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a person, object, image, word, or even tthat evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than the literal sig.
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theme
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the central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work
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thesis
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the central idea of an essay
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tone
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the author's implicit attitude toward the reader or the people, places, events in a work as revealed by the elements of the author's style
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tragedy
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a story that presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves w/ dignity that reveals breadth and depth of the human spirit int he face of failure, defeat, and even death. recount an individual's downfall
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tragic flaw
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an error or defect in the tragic hero that elad to his downnfall, such as greed, pride, or ambition
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rhythm
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a term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed ans unstressed sounds in poetry
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scansion
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the process of measureing the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line
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soliloquy
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a dramatic convention by means of which a character, alone onstage, utters his or her thoughts aloud.
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Petrarchian (Italian) Sonnet
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divided into an octave and sestet, the octave has a abbaabba rhyme scheme and the sestet has varying schemes
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Shakespearean (English) sonnet
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three quatrains and a couplet
abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme couplet introduces new idea does not follow previous idea |
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symbol
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a person, object, image, word, or even tthat evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than the literal sig.
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theme
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the central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work
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thesis
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the central idea of an essay
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tone
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the author's implicit attitude toward the reader or the people, places, events in a work as revealed by the elements of the author's style
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tragedy
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a story that presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves w/ dignity that reveals breadth and depth of the human spirit int he face of failure, defeat, and even death. recount an individual's downfall
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tragic flaw
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an error or defect in the tragic hero that elad to his downnfall, such as greed, pride, or ambition
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