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34 Cards in this Set
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parallelism
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the use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or meaning
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parody
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the humorous imitation of a work of literature, art, or music
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pathos
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the quality in a work of literature that arouses a felling of pity or compassion in the reader
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personification
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a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities
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point of view
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the vantage point form which a narratve is told
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protangonist
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the central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem
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pun
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the use of a work or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time, or the use of two different words of phrases that sound alike
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quatrain
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usually a stanza or poem of four lines
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realism
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the attempt in literature and art to represnt life as it really is, without sentimetalizing or idealizing it
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refrain
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a work, phrase, line or group of lines repreated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza
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requiem
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a prayer, poem, or song for the repose of the dead
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rhetoric
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the art of using language for persuasion
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rhyme
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the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem
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rhythm
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the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern
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Romanticism
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a movement that flouished in literature, philosophy, music, and art in Western culture during most of the nineteenth century, beginning as a revolt against classicism
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satire
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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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scansion
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the analysis of verse in terms of meter
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sestet
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a six-line poem or stanza
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simile
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a figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things through the use of a specific word or comparision, such as "like," "as," or "resembles"
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slave narrative
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an autobiographical account written by a former slave
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soliloquy
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an extended speech, usually in a drama, delivered by a character alone onstage
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sonnet
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a lyricpoem of fourteen lines, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter
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spiritual
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a folk song, usually on a religious matter
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stanza
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a unit of a poem that is longer than a single line
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stream of consciousness
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the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images, as the character experiences them
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style
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a writer's characteristic way of writing, determined by the choice of words, the arrangement of words in sentences, and the relationship of the sentences to one another
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symbol
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any object, person, place, or action, that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger that itself, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value
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synedoche
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a figure of speech in which part of a thingis used to stand for or suggest the whole
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theme
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the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey in a literary work
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transcendentalism
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a philosophy which holds that basic truth can be reached through intuition rather than through reason
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trochee
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a poetic foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by and unstressed syllable
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understatement
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a restrained statement in which less is said than is meant
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utopian novel
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a type of novel which arose from the revolution preceding WWI, depicting a perfect future society achieved through science
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vernacular
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the everyday spoken language of people in a particular locality
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