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Duplicate of Literary Terms
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Symbolism
A brief reference in a text to a person,
meaning beyond the literal
A comparison of two things
one thing is something else
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Fable
a brief narrative with a moral
a prose narrative
exaggerated short narrative
short narrative without complex plot
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Motif
an element that repeats throughout a piece
words or lines that are repeated in poetry
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
a play on words
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Refrain
words or lines that are repeated in poetry
a group of three lines of verse
a stanza of eight lines
a stanza consisting of four line
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Term used to describe the first eight lines of a sonnet
octave
couplet
tercet
sestet
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A character who does not have the ability to change his/her beliefs or behavior
ant-hero
static character
protagonist
antagonist
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Analogy
turning point in the action
thing written means something else
a comparison to make to make things clearer
brief reference to person, place or thing
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When complete thoughts run from one line of poetry into the next
denotation
hubris
soliloquy
enjambment
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Assonance
two words with opposing meanings
similar vowel sounds imbedded in a series of words
similar consonant sounds imbedded in a series of words
words which signify the sounds they represent
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Dues ex machine
any forced or improbable device in plot resolution
overwhelming pride or insolence that leads to ruin
the turning downward of the plot in a classical tragedy
a fatal weakness or moral flaw
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Meter
grouping of syllables or beats
poetic foot comprising three syllables
the beats within a line of poetry
analysis of a poem's meter
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Catharsis
reference to things of significance later in the plot
struggle between or among characters
purging of feelings that occur in the audience of a tragedy
third stage of plot
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A fatal weakness or moral flaw in the protagonist that brings him/her to a tragic end
resolution
conflict
tragic flaw
anti-hero
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a literary device when the writer writes one thing but means another
climax
irony
ambiguity
cosmic irony
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Metaphor
a statement that one thing is something else
a comparison of two things
meaning beyond the literal
a recurring symbol, character or event
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Hyperbole
the structure used in a literary work
a play on words
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
a prose narrative too short to be published its own book
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Quatrain
the most common stanza in English language poetry
poetic form made famous by Shakespeare
a stanza of six lines
two words with identical sounds at the end of the words
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Oxymoron
attributing lifelike qualities to soemthing not human
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
using two terms together with opposing meaning
a play on words
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Caesura
when something appears to have more than one meaning
conversational speech
a pause within a line of poetry, usually at punctuation
the most common and well-known meter of unrhymed poetry
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Ambiguity
not enough information is provided to establish meaning
a brief reference to a person, place or thing
something appears to have more than one plausible meaning
casual or informal language of native speakers
