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10 Cards in this Set
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Autobiography
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Someone's account of his or her own life.
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Ballad
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A narrative poem that depends on regular verse patterns and strong rhymes for its effect.
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Bildungsroman
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The coming of age or a right of passage.
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Biography
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An account of someone's life written by another person.
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Blank Verse
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Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Each line usually contains five iambs-five sets in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
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Catharsis
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In tragedy, the release of strong emotions in the audience. The word comes from a Greek word meaning "cleanse".
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Characterization
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The methods used to present the personality of a character in work.
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Direct Characterization
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Showing Through direct description about the character, such a physical description.
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Indirect Characterization
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Showing through actions, behavior, thoughts, speech, etc.
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Characters
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Persons-or animals or natural forces represented as persons-in a work of literature
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