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A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
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meter
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The repitition of similar vowel sounds,
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assonance
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Rhythmically significant stress in a line of verse
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accent
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A poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings
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lyric
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Words or phrases that create pictures, or images in the reader's mind
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imagery
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A poem that tells a story
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narrative poem
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The use of specific detals describing the dialect, dress, customs, and scenery asscociated with a perticular region or section of the country
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local color
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An extreme form of realism. Presents human beings as subject to natural forces beyond their control
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naturalism
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he theory in writing in which the familiar, ordinary aspects of life are depicted in matterof fact, straightforward manner designed to reflect life as it actually is
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realism
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The quality in a work of literature that arouse a feeling of pity, of sorrow, or compassion in the reader
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pathos
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The emotion or association that a word or a phrase may arouse
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connotation
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The descriptive or " dictionary" meaning of the word independent of personal associations
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denotation
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A kind of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general
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satire
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In general, a literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end
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tragedy
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A brief story that is told to present a moral, or practical lesson
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fable
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A tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities
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allegory
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A very short story that is aid to make a point. Many anecdotes are humorous; some are serios
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anecdote
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A story told in verse and usually meant to be sung
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ballad
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A detailed account of a person's life written by another person
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biography
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The means by which a writer reveals a character's personality
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characterization
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A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startingly different things
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conceit
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An inscription on a gravestone
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epitaph
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Language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense
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figurative language
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A character who sets of another chrarcter by contrast
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foil
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The most common verse line in English and American potery. five verse feet, with each foot an iam, that is, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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iambic pentameter
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A book-length fictional prose narrative, having many characters and, often, a complex plot
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novel
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The humorous imitation of a work of literature, art, or music
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parody
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