purging of feelings that occur in the audience of a tragedy

using two terms together with opposing meaning

a comparison to make to make things clearer

any forced or improbable device in plot resolution

exaggeration to the point of ridiculous

an element that repeats throughout a piece

the beats within a line of poetry

a pause within a line of poetry, usually at punctuation

similar vowel sounds imbedded in a series of words

words or lines that are repeated in poetry

a statement that one thing is something else

something appears to have more than one plausible meaning

the most common stanza in English language poetry

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Catharsis
struggle between or among characters
purging of feelings that occur in the audience of a tragedy
third stage of plot
reference to things of significance later in the plot
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Oxymoron
using two terms together with opposing meaning
a play on words
attributing lifelike qualities to soemthing not human
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
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When complete thoughts run from one line of poetry into the next
denotation
hubris
enjambment
soliloquy
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Symbolism
one thing is something else
meaning beyond the literal
A brief reference in a text to a person,
A comparison of two things
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Analogy
brief reference to person, place or thing
a comparison to make to make things clearer
thing written means something else
turning point in the action
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Dues ex machine
a fatal weakness or moral flaw
the turning downward of the plot in a classical tragedy
overwhelming pride or insolence that leads to ruin
any forced or improbable device in plot resolution
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A fatal weakness or moral flaw in the protagonist that brings him/her to a tragic end
conflict
tragic flaw
resolution
anti-hero
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Hyperbole
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
a play on words
the structure used in a literary work
a prose narrative too short to be published its own book
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a literary device when the writer writes one thing but means another
cosmic irony
climax
ambiguity
irony
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Motif
words or lines that are repeated in poetry
an element that repeats throughout a piece
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
a play on words
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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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Meter
poetic foot comprising three syllables
analysis of a poem's meter
grouping of syllables or beats
the beats within a line of poetry
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Caesura
conversational speech
a pause within a line of poetry, usually at punctuation
the most common and well-known meter of unrhymed poetry
when something appears to have more than one meaning
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Assonance
words which signify the sounds they represent
similar consonant sounds imbedded in a series of words
similar vowel sounds imbedded in a series of words
two words with opposing meanings
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Refrain
words or lines that are repeated in poetry
a stanza consisting of four line
a stanza of eight lines
a group of three lines of verse
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A character who does not have the ability to change his/her beliefs or behavior
antagonist
ant-hero
protagonist
static character
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Term used to describe the first eight lines of a sonnet
sestet
couplet
tercet
octave
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Metaphor
a recurring symbol, character or event
a comparison of two things
meaning beyond the literal
a statement that one thing is something else
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Ambiguity
a brief reference to a person, place or thing
not enough information is provided to establish meaning
casual or informal language of native speakers
something appears to have more than one plausible meaning
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Quatrain
the most common stanza in English language poetry
two words with identical sounds at the end of the words
a stanza of six lines
poetic form made famous by Shakespeare

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