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| The method of narration in a work |
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| The hero or main character of a literary work, the character the audience sympathizes with |
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| A question that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience |
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| the duplication of final syllable sounds in two or more lines |
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| The annotation of final syllable sounds in two or more lines |
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| The repetitive pattern of beats in poetry |
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| A style or movement of literature that has as its foundation an interest in freedom, adventure, idealism, and escape |
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| A mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution |
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| Analysis of a poem's rhyme and meter |
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| A six-line stanza, usually paired with an octave to form a Petrarchan sonnet |
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| A highly structured poetic form of 39 lines, written in iambic pentameter. It depends upon the repetition of six words from the first stanza in each of six stanzas |
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| The time and place of a literary work |
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| A speech in a play which is used to reveal the character's inner thoughts to the audience |
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| A 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter |
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| A poetic foot consisting of two accented syllables (' ') |
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| The specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc |
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| A unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter, and length to other units in the poem |
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| The organization and form of a work |
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| The unique way an author presents his ideas. Diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to a particular style |
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| A secondary plot that explores ideas different from the main storyline |
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| Implied meaning of a work or section of a work |
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| Something in a literary work that stands for something else |
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| A figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole |
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| The grammatical structure of prose and poetry |
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| The underlying ideas that the author illustrates though characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc |
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| The author's attitude toward his subject |
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| According to Aristotle, a basically good person of noble birth or exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits an error in judgement which leads to his downfall. |
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| A single metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable |
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| The opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humour where one writes or says less than intended |
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| A highly structured poetic form that comprises six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third lines throughout |
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