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20 Cards in this Set
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allegory
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a narrative having a second meaning beneath the surface one - a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning
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anapest
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The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured
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aubade
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A love lyric in which the speaker complains about the arrival of the dawn, when he must part from his lover.
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blank verse
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Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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convention
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A common feature that has become traditional or expected within a specific genre (category) of literature or film.
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couplet
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a Stanza of only two lines which usually rhyme.
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denotation
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The dictionary meaning of a word.
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denouement
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A French term meaning "unraveling" or "unknotting," used to describe the resolution of the plot following the climax.
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diction
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The selection of words in a literary work.
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free verse
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Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.
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octave
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A poetic stanza of eight lines, usually forming one part of a sonnet.
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ode
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A relatively lengthy lyric poem that often expresses lofty emotions in a dignified style.
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quatrain
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A four-line stanza in a poem
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recognition
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The point at which a character understands his or her situation as it really is.
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reversal
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The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist.
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satire
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The literary art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it.
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sonnet
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three quatrains and two couplets with a conventional rhyme scheme
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subplot
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The secondary action of a story, complete and interesting in its own right, that reinforces or contrasts with the main plot.
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symbol
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A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level.
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understatement
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A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration.
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