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Duplicate of Literary Terms

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Fable
a prose narrative
short narrative without complex plot
a brief narrative with a moral
exaggerated short narrative
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Meter
analysis of a poem's meter
poetic foot comprising three syllables
the beats within a line of poetry
grouping of syllables or beats
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Metaphor
meaning beyond the literal
a recurring symbol, character or event
a statement that one thing is something else
a comparison of two things
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a literary device when the writer writes one thing but means another
cosmic irony
climax
irony
ambiguity
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Analogy
turning point in the action
a comparison to make to make things clearer
brief reference to person, place or thing
thing written means something else
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Oxymoron
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
attributing lifelike qualities to soemthing not human
a play on words
using two terms together with opposing meaning
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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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Motif
an element that repeats throughout a piece
a play on words
exaggeration to the point of ridiculous
words or lines that are repeated in poetry
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Term used to describe the first eight lines of a sonnet
sestet
couplet
tercet
octave
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Assonance
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
two words with opposing meanings
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Symbolism
one thing is something else
meaning beyond the literal
A comparison of two things
A brief reference in a text to a person,
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Quatrain
the most common stanza in English language poetry
a stanza of six lines
two words with identical sounds at the end of the words
poetic form made famous by Shakespeare