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A. accent C. expletive B. bathos D. maxim
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| when a syllable is given a greater amount of force in speaking than is given to another* |
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a. Alexandrine b. synecdoche c. invective d. litote |
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in English verse, a line of iambic hexameter, usually having a caesura after the third foot
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a. parable b. allusion
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a narrative in either verse or prose in which characters, events, and in some cases setting, represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story
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a. meter b. c. metonymy d. alliteration |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within them, especially in accented syllables |
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| an indirect reference to a person, place, or thing - fictitious, historical, or actual |
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a comparison made between two objects, situations, or ideas that share something in common but are otherwise totally different
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a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unaccented followed by one accented
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the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of several succesive clauses, verses, or paragraphs
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| a character in a story or play that opposes the protagonist |
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| a figure of speech in which a character or narrator directly address an abstract concept, an inanimate object, or a person who is not present |
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| the repetition of similar vowel sound in stressed syllables or words; like alliteration, assonance may occur either initially or internally |
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| a narrative song or poem passed on orally |
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| verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| a light but definite pause within a line of poetry |
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the purification of emotions by vicarious experience, especially through drama
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the methods used by an author to develop the personality of a character in a literary work
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| a rhetorical device in which words or phrases initially presented are restated in reverse order; for example, "do not live to eat, but eat to live" |
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in ancient Greek drama, a group of actors who sang and danced in unison and provided commentary on the actions of the main characters
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a trite or hackneyed expression, idea, plot, character development, etc.
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a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot; a point when the action changes course and begins to resolve itself in some manner
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a play written primarily to amuse the audience, usually featuring a protagonist whose fortunes take a turn for the better
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| an amusing scene, incident, character, or speech introduced into a serious or tragic work to relieve tension |
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| an elaborate, extended, and often surprising comparison made between two very dissimilar things that exhibits the author's ingenuity and cleverness; (from the Italian "concetto," meaning concept, bright idea) |
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a poem in which the visual arrangement of the letters and words suggests its meaning
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| a struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem; can be external or internal; there are four common types: person against person, person against nature, person against society, and person against themself |
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the emotional associations that surround a word as opposed to its denotation
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| the reptition of consonant sounds that are preceded by a different vowel |
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two succesive lines of verse that have the same meter and in many cases rhyme
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a three-syllable metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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| the literal meaning of a word - its "dictionary definition" that does not take into account any other emotions or ideas the reader may associate with it |
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| the resolution of the plot of a literay work; the final unravelling of the complications of a plot; the word is French for "unknotting" or "untying" |
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| a Latin term meaning "the god from the machine"; this term is used to refer to any power, event, person, or thing that comes in the nick of time to solve a difficult* |
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| a regional variation of a language* |
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| a conversation carried on between two or more people in a literary work* |
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| the author's choice or words and phrases; diction involves both connotation and denotation |
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poetry whose purpose is to teach the reader some kind of lesson
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the audience or reader has knowledge that the character does not have*
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| a lyric poem in which the speaker addresses someone whose replies are not recorded; in this, the poet adopts the voice of a fictive or historical voice or some other persona |
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a situation that drives the plot of a drama that involves the dynamic relation between a character and a goal or objective and the obstacles that intervene between the character and the objective
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a character that changes in some way - usually for the better - during the course of a story
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a lament or a sadly meditative poem, sometimes written on the occasion of a death; usually formal in language and structure and solemn or melancholy in tone
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| rhyming of words at the ends of lines in poetry |
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| a line of poetry that contains a complete thought, usually ending with a period, colon, or semicolon, and therefore ends in a full pause; the opposite of a run-on line |
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English or Shakespearean sonnet
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| a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of abab/cdcd/efef/gg; is usually presented in a four-part structure in which a theme or idea is developed in the first three quatrains and then is brought to a conclusion in the couplet |
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| the emplyment of run-on lines of poetry, whereby the meaning of the statement is carried from one line to the next without a pause |
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a long narrative poem describing the deeds of a great hero, great adventures, and matters of national or global significance and sometimes featuring supernatural forces
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a short poem that ends in a witty or ingenious turn of thought, to which the rest of the composition is intended to lead up
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| a motto or quotation at the beginning of a book, poem, or chapter that usually indicates its theme |
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| a moment of enlightenment in which the underlying truth or essential nature of something is suddenly revealed or made clear in a character |
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associated with letters or the writing of letters; for example, this type of poem is a letter written in verse
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| rhyme in which two or more words look the same and are spelled similarly but have different pronunciations; for example,"have" and "grave, also called sight rhyme |
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| in fiction, the narrative passages that establish the basic details of the story, including setting, time, and character* |
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| in a narrative, action that occurs after the climax and directly before the denouement |
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a highly comic, light-hearted drama, usually involving stock situations and characters and based on a far-fetched humorous situation
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| an unaccented syllable at the end of a line of poetry |
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a rhyme in which the similarity of sound is in both of the last two syllables; for example, "weary" and "dreary"
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| language used in a nonliteral way* |
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an expression in which words are used in a nonliteral way to achieve an effect beyond the rangeof ordinary language
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| an interruption in the continuity of a story by the portrayal of some earlier episode |
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a character that has a single distinguishing trait and is not developed into a whole personality
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a person or thing that highlights the traits of a character by contrast
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| a division of verse consisting of a number of syllables, one of which has the principal stress; the basic unit of meter in poetry |
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the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem
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a narrative device wherby a story or group of stories is presented (often told by one of the characters) within the framework of a large narrative
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poetry that does not have a fixed meter or rhyme scheme
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| a Japanese poetic form that is comprised of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables respectively |
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the central character in a work of fiction
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| two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
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| a comedy that appeals to the intellect using verbal wit, a clever plot, and visual elegance, usually having upper-class characters |
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a figure of speech in which exaggeration or overstatement is used for special effect
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| a metrical foot consisting of two syllable, the first unaccented, the second accented |
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| poetry consisting of a line of five iambs; the most common verse in English poetry; a meter especially familiar because it occurs in all blank verse, heroic couplets, and sonnets |
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| the details in a work of literature that appeal to the senses of the reader, lend the work vividness, and tend to arouse an emotional response in the reader |
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| a Latin phrase meaning "in the middle of things";used in reference to narratives that begin in the middle of the action |
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| rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry |
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the contrast between what appears to be and reality
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| Italian/Petrarchan sonnet |
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| a fourteen-line poem in two parts, an initial octet (8 lines) followed by a sestet (6 lines), usually having a rhyme scheme of abbaabba/cdecde; the octect and the sestet are usually played off of one another in some way |
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| a five-line comic verse form with a rhyme scheme of aabba, with the first, second, and fifth lines in trimeter and the third and fourth in dimeter |
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a type of understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negation of its opposite; for example, "This is no small problem."
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comic actions based on broad physical humor, scatology, crude punning, and the argumentative behavior of ignorant and often lower-class characters
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| a poem that expresses an emotion or state of mind, creating a single, highly personal impression upon the reader |
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| an accented syllable that ends a line of verse |
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a rhyme of one-syllable words (e.g. jail and bail) or of stressed final syllables (e.g. divorce and remorse)
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| a sensational nineteenth-century play that featured a suspenseful, plot-oriented drama with all-good heroes, all-bad villains, simplistic dialogue, and soaring moral conclusions |
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| a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison (without the use of a qualifier such as "like" or "as") between two things which are basically dissimilar but share something in common |
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a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
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a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; for example, the use of the word "Washington" to mean the U.S. government
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| in literature, refers to a model in which eventson a miniature scale parallel those occuring on a larger scale; for example, conflict within a family might be a smaller replica of a world at war* |
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the overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional aura of a literary work
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a story or an account of an event or a series of events; these can be told in either prose or poetry, and they may be either fiction or nonfiction
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a poem that tells a story or provides an account of an event or events
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| a lengthy work of prose fiction that depicts a number of characters in various settings and covers a relatively long period of time; the characters, settings, and situations of these usually imitate those of real life |
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a story that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
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| a formal, ceremonious, and complexly organized form of lyric poetry; these are usually rather long and often commemorate an important event or celebration such as a marriage or a public ceremony |
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| a word or words that imitate the sound of the thing spoken of; for example, "zoom," "whiz," and "crash" |
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| a phrase that combines two seemingly contradictory elements; for example, "living death," "dear enemy," and "wise fool" |
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a statement that appears to be self-contradictory but noetheless has valid meaning
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| a humorous imitation of serious writing; these will often imitate the style of a writer for a humorous effect |
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a conventional form of lyric poetry that presents an idealized view of rural life
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| the quality in speech, writing, music, or artistic representation that excites feelings of pity or sadness; the power of stirring tender or melancholy emotion |
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a sudden change of events or a reversal of circumstances
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the mask or voice of the author of the author's creation in a literary work
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| a figure of speech in which abstractions, ideas, inanimate objects, or animals are endowed with human qualities |
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the action or events that occur in a literary work
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| the vantage point from which an author presents the characters and plot of a story* |
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the central character or hero in a literary work
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a play on words with similar sounds or no a single word with different meanings
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| a metrical foot of two unaccented syllables |
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a stanza of four lines of verse
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| a quality in fiction and drama in which the events and people are depicted without idealization or sentimentalization; emphasizes ordinary people in everyday situations |
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the exact repetition of sounds in at least the last accented syllable of two or more words
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| the ordered patterning of end-rhymes in a metrical composition |
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| the recurrence of stresses and pauses in the language of a literary work or a speech* |
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action in a narrative that occurs after the exposition, including crisis and complication, but before the climax
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| a narrative form that originated in the Middle Ages that can be written in prose or poetry; these generally feature elements such as adventure, magic, and love |
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| a line of verse that does not express a complete thought, but rather, the thought continues on to the next line and there is no pause at the end* |
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| a literary work in which prevailing vices or follies of a character or characters are severely criticized or humorously held up to ridicule through the use of irony, wit, humor, or sarcasm |
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the process of demarking the metrical feet of a poem and marking the accented and unaccented symbols to indicate the meter of the poem
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| the place, time, or circumstance in which the action of a story takes place |
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| a six-line unit of verse that can stand alone as a stanza or as the concluding part of an Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet |
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a complicated verse form comprised of six sestets and a concluding tercet, with the end words of each line of the first sestet being repeated in the subsequent stanzas
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a work of prose fiction that generally involves a small number of characters in a limited number of settings and is condensed into a much shorter time span than that of a novel
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| a figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things to highlight something they have in common; this comparison is indicated by a connective, such as "like," "as," or "than" |
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an occurence that is contrary to what is expected or intended
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| two words or syllables that have approximately the same vowel sounds but not exactly; also called near, off, half, or partial ______ |
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a dramatic convention whereby a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud; a speech to oneself
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a fourteen-line lyric poem, written in iambic pentameter*
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a metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables
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| a group of lines that are set off and form a division in a poem; a sequence of lines that form a metrical, tonal, or topical unit |
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| a conventional character, plot, or setting that possesses no individuality but may be used by the author to achieve a particular purpose |
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| a character that does not change during the course of a narrative |
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a character that is of little consequence to the dramatic situation and its ultimate resolution, but who nonetheless may serve to advance the plot, provide humor, or provide contrast with the main character
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the distinctive use of language by an author
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| a character in a drama who helps to forward the plot but is neither a major cause nor a major victim of the play's events |
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| an object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself but also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value |
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| one product of a late nineteenth-century school of French poets/playwrights who aimed to reveal ideas and emotions by indirect suggestion rather than direct expression* |
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a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole (i.e. "wheels" for a car)*
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| the manner of speaking about one sense in terms of another; for example, "She wore a screaming red skirt." |
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| the underlying meaning of a literary work |
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| the author's attitude, whether stated or implied, about his or her subject matter and toward the audience |
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dramatic or narrative writing in which the protagonist suffers disaster after a significant struggle; these inspire fear and pity in the readers/audience
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| in a tragedy, this characteristic in the protagonist leads to his or her downfall |
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refers to instances in a tragedy when the protagonist experiences a misfortune that is contrary to what he or she expected to happen
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| a drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy |
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a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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| a figure of speech in which restraint or lack of emphasis is used purposefully for effect |
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| a narrator whose account of events or characters is recognized by the reader as being faulty, dishonest, or distorted |
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when the intended meaning of a statement or a work is different from what is literally said
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| an antagonist who is deliberately evil |
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a poetic form that usually is comprised of five tercets, each rhyming aba, and a concluding quatrain, rhyming abaa, with the first and third lines of the first tercet alternating as refrains throughout the poem
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