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Aside |
Play statement delivered by an actor in such a way that the other characters on stage your presume to have not heard him |
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arguments |
Assertion based on facts Statistics logical or objective reasoning hard evidence Exedra |
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Assonance |
Similarity or repetition of the vowel sound in two or more words especially in a line of verse example the bells contains numerous examples of short e in hear the mellow wedding bells |
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Asyndeton |
The omission of conjunction that ordinarily joint coordinate words and phrases as in see no evil hear no evil speak no evil |
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Aubade |
A poem about morning |
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Auditorium imagery |
Word choice is that appeal to the ear that hope you hear the words |
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Autobiography |
Others own life story first person account |
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Ballad |
A form of versus to be sung or recited and characterized by a dramatic or exciting episode in fairly short narrative poem written and a song like stanza form |
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Bathos |
An anticlimax which is an intentional and unintentional shift from the sublime to the ridiculous which can result from the use of overly elevated language describe trivial subject matter or from an exaggerated attempted pathos which misfires to the point of being Ludacris |
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Begging the question |
Also called assuming the answer we must assume the death penalty to you too violent crime or I don't like the death penalty because it's killing circular reasoning |
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Bildungsroman |
A German Grove novel novel showing the development of its Central character from childhood to maturity psychological approach and movement towards a goal |
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Blank verse |
Unrhymed iambic pentameter metrical verse with no ending rhyme Shakespeare |
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Bombast |
Elevated language often pompous and overdone |
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Cacophony |
The combination of harsh unpleasant sounds which create an effect of discordance |
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Caesura |
A pause for effect in the middle of the line of poetry |
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Canon |
Worx generally considered by Scholars critics and teachers to be the most important to study or read which collectively constitute the masterpieces or Classics of literature |
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Carpe diem |
A Latin phrase which translated means Seize the Day meaning make the most of today |
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Catharsis |
Aristotle's word for the pity and fear and audience experiences upon viewing the downfall to Hero |
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Cause and effect relationships |
A dominant technique also called rhetorical device in which the author analyzes reasons for a chain of events this causal analysis can also be the writers main method of organization or can be one paragraph used to support a point and an essay developed through another pattern |