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17 Cards in this Set
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iambic pentametre
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body of meaurement
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prose
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language that goes right to the end of the page
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poetry
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does not go to the end of the line, normally has metre
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black verse
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unrhymed iambic pentametre
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scansion
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metrical placement or device for poectry
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virgule
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"_______________/____________"
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humour
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a theory of medieval and renaissance medicide in whihc human disposition is dominated
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soliloquy
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a talk a character gives to themselves that only thema nd the audience can hear
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aside
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something said to the audience only and the other characters cannot hear
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oxymoron
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expression of apparent contradiction
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pun
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use of the smae sounding words with different meanings for humour
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dramatic climaz
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the place in the play that is the most suspenseful
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technical climax
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everything must ascend (comedy) or descend (tragedy)
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sonnet
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14 lined lyrical poem
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hero
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character we identify with, normally superior to us
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comic relief
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a character that provides humour to lighten the atmosphere after a "heavy" scene
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negative capability
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keat's idea that shakespeare, of all literary artists, was best able to seperate himself and characters from himself
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