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60 Cards in this Set
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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
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