Vocab Review Set 2

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company of singers

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CHORUS

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first incident that creates conflict

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COMPLICATING INCIDENT

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element that creates a new situation

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COMPLICATION

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an accepted way of doing something

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CONVENTION

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when opposing forces are brought into intense struggle

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CRISIS

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something that happens; a single event

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INCIDENT

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passing judgement on a work

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CRITICISM

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when story starts in the middle of the action

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IN MEDIA RES

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exact definition of a word

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DENOTATION

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opposite than expected; when audience knows something that the character does not

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IRONY

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conversation between characters in a literary work

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DIALOGUE

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immediately follows climax; fortune of protagonist reverses

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DRAMATIC REVERSE

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story instances are plausible; time, place, and plot are all in unity

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DRAMATIC UNITIES

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short speech to audience at the end of a play or novel

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EPILOGUE

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expressing one thing in terms of another

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FIGURATIVE

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speech by actor when alone; informs audience

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SOLILOQUY

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center around which author organizes his material

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FOCUS

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succession of short sharp single-line speeches in dialogue

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STICHOMYTHY

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character that, through contrast, emphasizes another character

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FOIL

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one story that is basic but another story develops from it

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FRAME STORY

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poetry that tells a story

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NARRATIVE POETRY

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long narrative poem which, in dignified and elevated style, tells of the mighty deeds of a great hero

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EPIC

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mimics the style of an epic, but deals with a trivial subject

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MOCK EPIC

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form of narrative poetry which was intended to be sung by several people

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FOLK/POPULAR BALLAD

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imitation of folk ballad done by one author

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LITERARY BALLAD

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long narrative poem of medieval times

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METRICAL ROMANCE

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poetry written in the form of a drama

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DRAMATIC POETRY

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poetry that express the personal feelings, thoughts, etc of its author(s)

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LYRIC POETRY

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short, simple, subjective poem which directly and forcefully expresses a single emotion

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LYRIC

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short lyric poem designed to be sung

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SONG

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lyric poem that treats a serious subject thoughtfully and emotionally; has dignified style and complex metrical pattern

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ODE

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merely a story told in verse

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METRICAL TALE

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14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter

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SONNET

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poem that laments the dead

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ELEGY

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poem of three 8-line stanzas all rhyming "ababbcbc" and a 4-line "envoi" rhyming "bcbc"

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BALLADE

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pattern of rhythm in a line of poetry

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METER

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recurring rise and fall of sounds in a line of poetry

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RHYTHM

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emphasis given to one or more syllables in a word

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ACCENT

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portion of a line of poetry, usually consisting of one accented and 1+ unaccented syllables

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FOOT

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distinguishing of metrical feet in a line of poetry by oral accent or by written marks

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SCANSION

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novel in which there is much of the supernatural for blood-chilling, spine-tingling effect

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GOTHIC NOVEL

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metaphorical compound word used in poetry for, or in addition to, the normal name for a person or thing i.e "wave-skimmer" for boat

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KENNING

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story which is consided to be based on fact, although proof of its truth is unavailable

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LEGEND

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a story in which interesting details about a place are emphasized, such as its customs or dialect

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LOCAL COLOR STORY

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term applied to poetry that treats trivial subjects in an epic manner

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MOCK-HEROIC

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story, usually involving the supernatural, which explains some practice, belief, or natural phenomenon

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MYTH

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a story of any kind

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NARRATIVE

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form of Realism where man is considered just another animal governed almost entirely by nature, by physical and chemical impulses

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NATURALISM

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extended prose fiction is which characters and actions are similar to those of real life

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NOVEL

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a short novel, usually of less that 40,000 words

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NOVELETTE

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term applied to attitude that is detached, impersonal, unprejudiced in its approach of a subject

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OBJECTIVE

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poem written for a special occasion

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OCCASIONAL POEM

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dealing with shepards or with simple life

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PASTORAL

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story of a rogue, usually told in first person

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PICARESQUE

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term applied to the proper operation of justice so that good is rewarded and evil is punished

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POETIC JUSTICE

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the right of a poet to depart from the normal for purpose of effect

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POETIC LICENSE

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a brief summary

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PRECIS

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a play written primarily to delineate some problem of human relationships as they are affected by social laws and customs

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PROBLEM PLAY

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an introduction to a play, novel, or poem

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PROLOGUE

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writings that stress "a message" usually at the expense of fact or logic

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PROPAGANDA