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| using words to convey and image to the reader |
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| the actual meaning of a word |
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| the symbolic meaning of a word |
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| a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, orbject, or idea |
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| a conjoining of two contradictory terms (exp: jumbo shrimp) |
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| a humorous play on words (gripe in macbeth) |
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| substituting he name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself |
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| omission of a sound between two words (exp: ev'r) |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| a pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter, shakespeare ends all his sonnets with this |
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| the emphasis, or accent, given a sylablle in pronunciation |
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| a technique in poetry whereby a sentance is carried over to the next line without pause |
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| inversion in the second of two parallel phrases |
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is a rhetorical figure whereby a part is substituted for the whole (exp: I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.) |
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| a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in the narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself |
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| passing reference or indirect mention (exp: biblical refs) |
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| a statement that contradicts itself (burning water) |
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| a pair of theoretical opposites |
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| raised path, road, or bridge |
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| "an eye for an eye" (grendel's mom seeking revenge for her son) |
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| inner part of one's personality, accessible through dreams (ANTOINETTE) |
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| defense, conscious awareness; self esteem; enlightened |
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| govern one's dreams and drives |
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| the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype (first of its kind - antoinette) |
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| two events have similarities (sex/death) |
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| ambiguous, non-specific fear of the unknown (exp: fear of the dark in beowulf) - sleepubi |
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| ubi sunt qui antes no fuerunt? |
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| where are those who came before us? |
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| a tool of the stage (mark wahlberg in the departed, messenger in macbeth) |
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| the main character in a tragedy who makes an error in his or her actions that leads to his or her downfall (Macbeth) |
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| condition of king follows condition of town (macbeth in chaos -> england in chaos) |
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| the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point (flower is love, and love is flowerlike) |
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| bond (between king and thane) |
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| flaw so immense that it will lead to downfall |
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| long, complex process; confused rambling (malcom talking about how he would be a bad king) |
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| form of slang used locally that is specific to a place |
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| remove someone/something from its usual or comfortable place |
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| connection, raised highway |
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| deterioration; decline from what's normal |
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| forms of a language or slang that differ from place to place |
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| pieces wove with many colors of thread. they usually depict an image. |
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| surpass ( to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy) |
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| to give meaning or name to |
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| to set boundaries of (to demarcate a piece of property) |
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| in carribean forklore, a supernatural figure defined by demonic nocturnal behavior |
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| to pass through a porous surface; filter |
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| the ability to do something well |
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| excessive pride, arrogance |
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| object used to steer boat |
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| a round, windowlike opening covered with glass |
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| a person who is abandoned by society (no permanent home or means of support) - bum/hobo |
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| to disturb the condition, action, or fuction of something |
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| the act of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage |
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| a ring/circle (Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres) |
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| easily provoked ( an irascible old man) |
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| harsh; throaty (My brother suffered some guttural swelling after his tonsels were removed.) |
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| any posture in a yoga exercise |
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| the artificer of the world |
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| characterized by excessive talk |
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| to divide/distribute proportionately |
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| a gift, testimonial, or compliment given in acknowledgement |
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| to plague, torment, or annoy |
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| alienate from native culture/environment |
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| to render subject susceptible/liable |
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| authorized, recognized, accepted (canonical works) |
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| degeneration, decline, decrease from disuse |
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| civil officer charged w/ administration of law |
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| an element juxtaposed and contrasted w/ another |
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| a little world; a world in miniature |
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| the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole |
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| irony when audience knows something characters don't |
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| an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present |
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| a literary device in that an actor speaks to the audience; he/she is not heard by the other characters |
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| giving inanimate objects human attributes |
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| writing that resembles everyday speech |
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| inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. |
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| stressed then unstressed syllables |
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| the words spoken during a ritual, either a hymn or prayer invoking or praising a deity, or in magic, occultism, witchcraft with the intention of casting a spell or an object or a person |
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| omething such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention. For example, a red octagon may stand for "STOP". On maps, crossed sabres may indicate a battlefield |
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| literary or historical reference |
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| comparison without like/as |
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| character that contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) and so highlights various facets of the main character's personality |
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| allude to events in future |
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