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28 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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Allusion |
a reference in one work of literature to a person, place, or event in another work of literature, art or music |
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Analogy |
extended comparison showing the similarities between two things |
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Antagonist |
the character or force that works against the protagonist; introduces the conflict |
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Aside |
words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone and not intended to be heard by anyone else except the audience |
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Blank verse |
unryhmed iambic pentameter |
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Characterization |
the personality a character displays; also, the means by which the author reveals that personality |
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Climax |
the point of greatest emotional intensity, interest or suspense |
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Conflict |
A struggle |
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Couplet |
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
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Dramatic Irony |
a contrast between what the audience perceives and what a character does not know |
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Epithet |
a descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something |
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Figurative language |
language tat is not intended to be interpretated literally |
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Foil |
a character who sets off another character by contrast |
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Iambic meter |
unstressed syllable followed by a stress syllable |
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Iambic pentameter |
five verse feet with each foot an iamb (total of ten syllables) |
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Irony |
literary technique that shows differences between appearance and reality |
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Metaphor |
comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them; does not use like or as |
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Protagonist |
the main character in a play or story |
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Pun |
humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest 2 or more meanings at the same time |
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Repetition |
the return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any from of literature |
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Monologue |
a long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters |
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Simile |
a comparison made between two dissimilar things through the use of a specific word of comparison such as like and as |
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Situational irony |
a contrast between what is expected and what really happens |
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Soliloquy |
a speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud |
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Sonnet |
a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes. A sonnet form used by William Shakespeare is called the Shakespeare sonnet |
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Theme |
the central idea of a work of literature |
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Verbal irony |
a contrast between what is said and what is meant |
