Literary Terms For Final

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a reference in one work to a person, place, or event in another work of literature

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Allusion

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words spoken by a character in a play usually in an undertone not intended to be heard by other characters

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Aside

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the repition of similar sounds

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Alliteration

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verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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the personality a character displays and mean by which the author reveals that personality

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characterization

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a stuggle between two opposing forces or characters

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conflict

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association of a word

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connotation

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dictionary meaning of a word

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denontation

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a writers choice of words

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diciton

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where the audience understands more than the what the other characters are aware of

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dramatic irony

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poetry in which one or more characters speak

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dramatic poetry

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a character that undergoes a change in personality or outlook

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dynamic character

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a long narrative poem

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epic

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a descriptive adjective used to character ize someone

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epithet

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when the words at the end of each line rhyme

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external rhyme

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a character that sets off another by contrast

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foil

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a type of comedy based on a farfetched humorous situation often with ridiculous characters

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farce

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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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the use of hints in a narrative to suggest what action is to come

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fore shadowing

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two sllyables or more rhyme ex. twitter and glitter

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feminene rhyme

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language that appeals to any sense

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imagery

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the most common verse line in English poetry

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iambic pentameter

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an epic that starts in the middle not at the beg. of the story

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in medias res

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when writers are inspired by a muse and they were goddesses

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invocation to the muse

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there was a cat on a mat who had a tail as long as a nail

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internal rhyme

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a contrast between what is stated and what is really meant

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irony

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poetry that expresses a speaker's personal thought

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lyric poetry

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feeling a reader gets

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mood

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a long uniterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of others

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monologue

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poetry that tells a story

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narrative poetry

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slant rhyme

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near rhyme

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a figure of speech in which an animal or object is given a personality as if it were human

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personification

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sequence of events

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plot

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language arranged in lines with a rhytm and rhyme scheme

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poetry

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repetition of sound in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem

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rhyme

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pattern of rhymes

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rhyme scheme

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a character who remains the same throughtout

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static character

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a fourteen line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

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sonnet

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a speech usually lengthy in which a character alone ons tage expresses their thoughts aloud

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solilquy

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attitude a writer takes toward the subject

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tone

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speaker says one thing and means something esle

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verbal irony