Midterm

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Repetition of initial constant sounds

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Alliteration

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A kind or type of literature

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Genre

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Poetry written without regular pattern of rhyme or meter

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Free verse

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A struggle between two opposing forces

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Conflict

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Stereotype

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Something or someone that conforms to a fixed or general pattern without individuating marks or qualities

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Theme

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Underlying idea; moral; message author is trying to make.

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Pun

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Play on words; joke

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Metaphor

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Implied comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

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Malapropism

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A ludicrous misuse of words

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First Person Narration

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Point of view in which the character "I" tells the story

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Style

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The particular manner in which the author writes; "how" it is written.

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Euphemism

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A tactful or nice way of saying something unpleasant

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Protagonist

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Main character or hero of the story

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Round Character

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A type of character that is real and believeable

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Haiku

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A Japanese poem of three lines with 17 symbols

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Antagonist

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The character opposite the protagonist; enemy

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Satire

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A story that ridicules human behavior by using with and humor

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Soliloquy

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A lengthy speech given by a character that is alone on stage

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for the sake of emphasis; humorous; not literal

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Personification

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Human qualities given to an animal

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Omniscient

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"All-knowing" point of view; narrator reveals thoughts

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Irony

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The opposite of what is expected occurs; contrast between appearance and reality

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Imagery

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words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader

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Epic

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A lengthy narrative poem. Eg: The Odyssey

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Aside

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A comment or utterance meant to be inaudible to someone.

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Allegory

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The recounting of an unreal set of experiences bearing close resemblance to reality to encourage the reader to make and association; the long definition

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Cliche

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A trite or overused phrase or expression

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Fable

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Legendary story of supernatural happenings intended to teach a lesson or moral

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Romanticism

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Writing that shows life as we aspire it to be rather than what it really is

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Pathos

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"Greek Suffering"

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Refrain

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A part of a stanza consisting of one or more lines that are repeated in a regular pattern of a poem

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Prologue

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The preface of a play

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Suspense

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A state of mental uncertainty or excitement about the outcome

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Caricature

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A cartoon; an exaggeration by means of ludicrous distortion

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Assonance

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Repetition of a vowel within a sound

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Rhyme Scheme

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pattern of end rhyme in a poem

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Analogy

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Comparison based on resemblance to things otherwise unalike

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Ballad

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A narrative poem intended to be sung

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contrarty to common sense and yet is perhaps true

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Connotation

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Not the literal meaning of a word; the figurative meaning

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Sarcasm

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Verbal irony; a cutting, sneering, contemptuous remark