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| Stressed rhythmic structure of poetic line |
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| in greek, meaning "struggle"; found in protagonist and antagonist;in comedy,a formal debate |
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| a twelve syllable line written in iambic hexameter |
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| A narrative that is an extended metaphor; the element of narrative carry significance on a literal and a figurative level. |
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| repetition of initial consonants in consecutive words or in words close to each other. |
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| in a literary work, a reference to a person,place, or thing from another literary work or from history. |
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| metrical foot used in poetry consisting of two short syllables followed by a long syllable. |
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| turning point in a story; the point where the main character experiences a change, and the action stops building and begins falling. |
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| poetry conforming to pre specified requirements of rhyme, meter, line length, and number of lines; two examples are haiku and sonnet. |
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| element introduced into the plot to alter its course. |
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| extended metaphor governing an entire passage or poem. |
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| final division of a discourse or literary work that brings the work to a close; fifth part of plot structure. |
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| emotional association that accompanies a certain word or phrase; often described as positive or negative depending on the emotional connection. |
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| repetition of a consonant sound in short succession. |
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| a narrative folk song or a narrative set to music. |
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| a morning love song; opposite of a serenade; literally, a song to a sleeping woman; also refers to a song-evoking daybreak. |
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| repetition of a vowel sounds; more common in verse than in prose. |
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| describe writing--usually an essay--that establishes a position and supports it with evidence. |
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| direct address to someone or something not present,such as an imaginary person or an abstract quality; often introduced by the exclamation, "O" |
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| the one who struggles against or contends with the protagonist; the antagonist may be another or an obstacle or challenge,such as fear or death. |
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| the time, place, and circumstance in which a story occurs. |
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| a line of four metrical feet. |
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| abrupt change in style going from exalted to mundane, producing a ludicrous effect. |
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| four line stanza (quatrain) consisting of alternating four and three stress lines; usually second and fourth line rhymes (abcb). |
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| unrhymed iambic petameter. |
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| a complete pause in a line of poetry. |
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| final resolution in a poem or narrative that unravels the plot and concludes the work; misfortune experienced by tragic hero. |
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| from greek, meaning "cleansing" or "purging"; in tragedy, a moment for purging or relieving of emotion for the audience. |
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| following accepted standards; a well-understood interpretation; see STOCK. |
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| two consecutive lines in poetry,usually with the same meter and often rhyming. |
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| turning point in a story; culmination of the event of the plot. |
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| a foot in meter in poetry; in greek or latin verse, it is a long syllable followed by two short syllables; in english verse. it is a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. |
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| literal meaning, found in dictionary. |
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| the conclusion of a story; includes the event between the falling action and the last seen of a narrative or drama. |
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| a line containing only two metrical feet. |
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| derogatory term for verse with little literary value. |
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| speech delivered by a single character who addresses the reader or an internal listener and reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings. |
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| a character whose personality changes over the course of a narrative or who has the ability for such change. |
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| a sorrowful,melacholic poem,such as a funeral song or lament for the dead. |
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| performed by an actor or actress |
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| repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, found in the final syllable(s) of the lines of poetry. |
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| a line having no end punctuation so that the meaning continues uninterrupted to the next line(s). |
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| a long, narrative poem written in elevated language and style about the exploits of a hero or heroine. |
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| an inscription on a building or tomb or a short verse appearing at the beginning of a longer work(novel,chapter, or poem) to set mood or reveal theme. |
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| the author's explanation of backgrond information about characters and setting at the beginning of the plot; writing with a primary purpose of informing, clarifying,or explaining. |
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| writing or discourse with the primary purpose of informing, clarifying, or explaining; background information shared by the author. |
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| subjective depiction of the real world through imagination, the abstract, and symbols. |
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| moments following the climax where the conflicts between the protagonist and the antagonist is resolved. |
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| comedy that entertains the audience through absurdity, improbabilities, exaggeration, and verbal humor. |
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| two or more syllables match in the rhyming words; the final syllable or syllables are unstressed. |
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| imaginary narrative; the information or events are created by the author. |
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| deviation from usual meaning of a word or group resulting in a special effect or meaning. |
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| picture painted by the writer, usually a poet. |
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| any one of three fourteenth- and fifteenth-century french poetic forms: the ballad, the virelai, and rondeau. |
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| a character who highlights through contrast opposite characteristics in another character. |
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| basic unit of meter consisting of set number of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
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| pattern or design of a poem; see OPEN FORM and CLOSED FORM. |
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| poetry using natural rhythms of words and phrases instead of required metrical feet. |
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| a tragic flaw within a character; in Greek, means "to miss the mark." |
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