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A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.
Montage
Litotes
Ode
Motif
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Caricature
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Overused to the point of losing its original meaning.
Differs from connotation, an implied meaning.
Grotesque likeness of striking qualities.
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Tragic Flaw
Assumed personality of the author in the text.
Character flaw or error of a tragic hero.
Utopian Fiction.
Intelligent humar utilizing word play.
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Imagery
An exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
Poem marked by serious, respectful, & exalted feelings
Words and phrases to create mental images using five senses.
Starts not at the beginning but at some other critical point
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End-Stopped
Structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
Line of poetry; ends with a natural pause.
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
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Atmosphere
Blurs the line between hero and villain.
Setting or scene elicits an emotional response.
Grotesque likeness of striking qualities.
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Allegory
Characters or events symbolize ideas and concepts.
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
Statement that fails to follow logically from the one before
Central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities.
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Villanelle
Final ryhming couplet in a sonnet.
Poetic shift.
English poem. 14 lines.
French poem. 19 lines.
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Conflict
Pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables found in poetry.
Structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.
Narrative that starts not at the beginning of events.
The struggle between opposing forces.
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Intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.
Suspense
Synecdoche
Input
Outcome
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Stanza
Represents something else, usually something more meaningful
Implied meaning that underlies the main meaning in a work.
A figurative comparison using the words like or as.
A single, related chunk of lines in poetry.
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Told by the narrator from his/her point of view. It is identified by the use of "I" or “Me.”
Point of View (Second Person)
Point of View (Third Person)
Point of View (First Person)
Point of View (Last Person)
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Exposé
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
Writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, etc.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.
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Euphony
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
Structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
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Flashforward
Device used to give plot info about what may happen later.
A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
Synonym for poetry.
Belief emphasizing faith and optimism in human potential.
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Tone
Generic name for a figure of speech: image, symbol, etc.
The perspective or attitude of the author towards the topic.
Specific use of language.
Declarative Sentences.
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Hubris
Goes through change or growth in the story.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.
Pride & arrogance that ultimately brings about his downfall.
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Protagonist
Novels written for mass consumption.
Makes fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
The enemy of the main character.
The leading character or a major character.
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The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD.
Middle English
Late English
Ending English
Beginning English
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It is the practice of substituting the main word with a word that is closely linked to it.
Allegory
Metaphor
Metonymy
Litotes
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The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer.
Naturalism
Muse
Mood
Symbol
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Ellipsis
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Three periods indicating the omission of words or more.
A nemesis is a bitter enemy.
An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
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Genre
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Term used to describe forms, such as novel play, and essay.
Three periods indicating the omission of words or more.
Device in which characters or story symbolize concepts.
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Cliffhanger
Used to ensure the audience returns for resolution.
Lyric poem or passage; describing ideal life or place.
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.
Quick succession of images or impressions to express an idea
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A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry.
Obverse
Terse
Verse
Purse
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Practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in poetry.
Rythym
Schematics
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme Time
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A style of writing which tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind.
Creek of Thought
Rill of Expression
Stream of Consciousness
River of Life
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When the reader is led to believe that one thing will occur but, in fact, the opposite occurs.
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
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Trope
Implied meaning that underlies a work.
Poem with 19 proscribed patterned lines.
Generic name for a figure of speech: image, metaphor, etc.
Quality of realism and truth in a work of fiction.
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Attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and/or animals.
Personification
Fable
Allegory
Paradox
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Dystopia
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
Imagined setting in which everything is unpleasant or bad.
Use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
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A figurative comparison using the words
like
or
as.
Symbol
Metaphor
Simile
Allegory
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A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of particular social groups.
Novel of Manners
Myth
Metonymy
Period Piece
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Antithesis
Set in an ideal or perfect community.
Synonym for poetry.
When a human quality is given to a non-human object or being
Two sentences of contrasting meanings close to one another.
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Poetry: elaborate conceits, highly intellectual, & expresses the complexities of love and life.
Metaphysical Poetry
Mock Epic
Lyric Poetry
Verse
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Ambiguity
A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem.
A conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings
Lyric poem or passage describing an ideal life or place.
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
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Connotation
A secondary, or implied meaning.
Belief emphasizing faith and optimism in human potential.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
Earlier event is inserted into the normal order of the plot.
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Cacophony
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
Words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds.
Poetic lines with no punctuation or pause between them.
Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words.
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Anthropomorphism
Setting or scene elicits an emotional response in reader.
Structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
Human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to a non-human.
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Fantasy
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
When the setting or scene elicits an emotional response.
Use of successive lines without punctuation or pause.
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Occurs when the reader knows something but the characters within the story do not.
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
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Paradox
A figurative comparison using the words like or as.
Self-contradictory statement that may prove to be true
It represents an appeal to the audience's emotions.
A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem.
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It represents an appeal to the audience's emotions.
Pathos
First Person
Oxymoron
Plot
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Referring to all characters and places with: (he, she, they).
Point of View (Last Person)
Point of View (First Person)
Point of View (Third Person)
Point of View (Second Person)
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A bitter enemy, especially one that seems unbeatable.
Bad Guy
Nemesis
Denotation
Narrative
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Language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince an audience.
Pun
Rhetoric
Satire
Prologue
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Idiom
Saying with meaning not deducible from the individual words
Audience knows something; characters within the story do not
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
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Occurs when a piece of writing is making fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
Satire
Smilie
Setting
Sonnet
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Practice of forming a rhyme in only one line of verse.
Kenning
Allegory
Internal Rhyme
Atmosphere
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Hyperbole
Grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons & things
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
Human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to a non-human
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
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Archetype
Universally understood prototype of its kind.
Structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.
Language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD.
Quick succession of images or impressions to express an idea
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A parody of traditional epic form.
Pretend Epic
Boring Epic
Imaginary Epic
Mock Epic
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Refers to the sequence of events and happenings that make up a story.
Hubris
Novel
Plot
Oxymoron
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A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word.
Pun
Wattage
Wit
Pan
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Quatrain
A five-line poem or a five-line unit of a longer poem.
A two-line poem or a two-line unit of a longer poem.
A three-line poem or a three-line unit of a longer poem.
A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem.
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Verisimilitude
Fiction set in an ideal or perfect community.
Intelligent humor.
Similar to the truth: convinces readers of veracity of work.
The character flaw or error of a tragic hero.
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Climax
It is the most exciting or intense part of the story.
Humor that makes light of an otherwise solemn subject matter
The dictionary definition of a word, its literal meaning.
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
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The underlying message that acts as the foundation for the entire literary piece.
Tragedy
Tone
Trope
Theme
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Syntax
Perspective or attitude of the author towards the topic.
Character flaw of the protagonist.
Implied underlying meaning of the work.
Arrangement of the words in a sentence.
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Frame Story
A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
A verse with five poetic feet per line.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character.
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Explication
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Device in which characters symbolize ideas and concepts.
Remains the same in the story; does not experience change.
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May mark a shift in point of view, tone, mood, style or any other manner of expression.
Volta
Viola
Vision
Voice
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Introduction that usually sets the tone and acts as a bit of a background; a sneak peek.
Dialogue
Prologue
Monologue
Soliloquy
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Cliché
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
Expression, idea, or element which has become overused.
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
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Character (Dynamic/Round)
Goes through change or growth in the story.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.
Remains the same throughout; does not experience change.
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Exposition
The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax
Background & events that explain the purpose of a work.
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
An exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
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Euphemism
Language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD.
Less harsh form of a negative description.
Bitter enemy, especially one that seems unbeatable.
The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer.
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Substituting words with similar sounding words that have different, often unconnected, meanings
Malapropism
Metonymy
Metaphor
Meter
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A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea.
Pathos
Melodrama
Montage
Sequence
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Humanism
Bitter enemy, especially one that seems unbeatable.
An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
Emphasizes faith & optimism in human potential & creativity
Describes the customs & habits of particular groups
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
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Fable
The actual meaning differs from implied meaning
A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
Short tale featuring non-human characters that act as people
Events are exaggerated to create an emotional response.
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Falling Action
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
Occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion.
Novel with historical events and people appear as fictional.
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Hero is destroyed by some character flaw & forces that cause the hero considerable anguish.
Litotes
Tragedy
Dystopia
Hubris
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Persona
Idealizes rural life.
Story from which moral or spiritual truth may be devined.
Role or facade that a character assumes or depicts.
Attaching human traits to inanimate objects.
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Anti-Hero
Cleansing of spirit; the pity & terror of a dramatic tragedy
A central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities.
The dictionary definition of a word, its literal meaning.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
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Statement in which the actual meaning differs from the meaning that the words appear to express
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
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Epigram
Lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life.
A verse with five poetic feet per line.
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.
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Quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased.
Indirect Quotation
Lampoon
Metaphysical
Meter
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Verse containing fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
Heroic Poem
Free Verse
Sonnet
Oblique Poem
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Character (Static/Flat)
Remains the same throughout; does not experience change.
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.
It is the most exciting or intense part of the story.
Goes through change or growth in the story.
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Implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
Litotes
Metaphor
Symbol
Kenning
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Epithet
Added to a person's or place’s name describing a quality.
Piece of fiction is set in an ideal or perfect community.
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Intelligent humor; things that are clever & funny.
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Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings about the subject.
Idyllic Poetry
Ode
Metaphysical Poetry
Lyric Poetry
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The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150AD.
Middle English
Late English
Old English
Ending English
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Narrator with unlimited awareness.
Pathetic Fallacy
Limited Narrator
Point of View
Omniscient Narrator
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Idyll
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
Lyric poem or passage describing an ideal life or place
Succession of images or impressions used to express an idea.
Name of a thing is replaced by one of its qualities.
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Anglo-Saxon poetic device: "whale road" for ocean, or "ring-giver" for king.
Lampoon
Malapropism
Kenning
Allegory
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A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before.
Insert
Non Sequitur
Novel of Manners
Mary Sue
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Epic
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
Narrative poem that tells adventures & exploits of a hero
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.
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Analogy
Comparison; shows similarities between 2 different things.
A bitter enemy, especially one that seems unbeatable.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
Statement that fails to follow logically from the 1 before.
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An episodic novel about a rogue like wanderer who lives off his wits.
Picaresque Novel
Prologue
Novel of Manners
Novelistic
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Total environment for the action in a novel or play: time, place, history, and social, etc.
Area of Effect
Setting
Narration
Subtext
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Antagonist
Opposes the protagonist to promote tension & conflict.
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
Episodic novel; a rogue like wanderer who lives off his wits
Novels for mass consumption; featuring action or titillation
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Flashback
An earlier event is inserted into the narrative.
A figurative comparison using the words like or as.
It represents an appeal to the audience's emotions.
They blur the line between hero and villain.
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The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning in a work.
Syntax
Symbolism
Motif
Subtext
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Synecdoche
Perspective or attitude of the author.
A part is made to represent the whole.
A city in New York.
Underlying message that acts as the foundation.
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Imaginary story that has become an accepted part of cultural or religious tradition.
Myth
Fantasy
Inspiration
Motif
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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry.
Mood
Iamb
Montage
Meter
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Treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thoughts, or sensations.
Narration
Fable
Pathetic Fallacy
Onomatopoeia
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Alliteration
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Words that imitate or represent a sound.
A verse with five poetic feet per line.
A work of literature dealing with rural life
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Apostrophe
Setting or scene elicits an emotional response.
Exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
Addresses an someone/something that is unable to respond.
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Pentameter
A verse with 20 poetic feet per line.
A verse with 3 poetic feet per line.
A verse with six poetic feet per line.
A verse with five poetic feet per line.
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Specific theme that dominates a literary work.
Montage
Motif
Myth
Muse
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Enjambment
Grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons & things
Human quality, emotion, given to non-human object.
Successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
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Anachronism
Fails to match the time or era in which the work is set
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Dynamic or round character goes through change or growth.
Quick succession of images or impressions to express an idea
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Form of intelligent humor and the ability to say or write things that are clever and funny.
Volta
Wat
Trope
Wit
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Understatement
Represents something else, usually something more meaningful
Perspective of the author towards the work.
Exaggerating obviousness as a means of humor.
Irony
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A term often used as a synonym for Realism; a view that is generally bleak and pessimistic.
Naturalism
Satire
Mood
Ode
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roman à clef
Four-line poem.
French novel featuring romantic elements.
Novel with historical events & people appear as fictional.
Novel written for mass consumption.
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Foil
Character which creates a contrast to another character
A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
Exaggerated events to create an extreme emotional response.
Negative of the contrary is used for negative emphasis.
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A piece of fiction is set in an ideal or perfect community.
Verse
Utopia
Dystopia
Villanelle
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A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be divined.
Paradox
Plot
Parable
Allegory
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Point of view to address the reader. Uses the pronouns “you,” “your,” and “yours.”
Point of View (Third Person)
Point of View (Second Person)
Point of View (Last Person)
Point of View (First Person)
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Allusion
Grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons & things
The interpretation or analysis of a text.
A person, place, event, book, etc. as a passing reference.
Two sentences of contrasting meanings close to one another.
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A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.
Idyll
Lampoon
Litotes
Genre
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Oxymoron
When opposite or contradictory words are placed together.
A verse with five poetic feet per line.
Episodic novel; rogue like wanderer living off his wits.
It represents an appeal to the audience's emotions.
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Report of related events presented to readers in words arranged in a logical sequence.
Non Sequitur
Narrative
Ode
Novel of Manners
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Literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
Melodrama
Drama
Free Verse
Smilie
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A form of understatement; the negative of the contrary is used to achieve negative emphasis.
Melodrama
Litotes
Verbal Irony
Metaphor
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An object that represents something else, usually something more meaningful.
Symbol
Motif
Cymbal
Motive
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Also called a ‘pen name’ or ‘nom de plume,’ -- a false name used by some authors.
Publisher
Pseudonym
Rhetoric
Printer
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The author's emotional perspective towards the subject of the literary work.
Instinct
Emotion
Feeling
Mood
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Denotation
Writing that reveals weaknesses, frailties, shortcomings.
Dictionary definition of a word, its literal meaning.
Language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD.
Statement that fails to follow logically from the one before
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Adage
3 periods (. . .) indicating the omission of 1 word or more.
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.
Truthful saying or prover; couched in metaphorical language.
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
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Narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point.
Verbal Irony
Meter
Montage
in media res
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Foreshadowing
An exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
Used to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story.
A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
Lyric poem or passage describing an ideal life or place.
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Catharsis
Cleansing of spirit; by pity and terror of dramatic tragedy.
An exaggeration in writing that is used for effect.
A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
Used to ensure the audience returns to see the resolution.
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Dark Comedy
Repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Humor that makes light of an otherwise solemn subject matter
Setting or scene elicits an emotional response.
Figure of speech; addresses an object, concept, or person
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Novels written for mass consumption often emphasizing action or titillation.
Four Rooms
Kill Bill
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
