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| the villain or "bad guy" of a story |
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| a hero or protagonist who lacks stereotypically heroic attributes (Like Batman) |
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| the placing of two opposite ideas together in order to show contrast (Give me liberty or give me death) |
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| a similarity-based comparison of two things (the human heart as a pump) |
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A 3-syllable sequence of two short or unstressed syllables, followed by one long or stressed syllable
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| a short, often biographical account of an important or amusing event |
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| repetition of sounds in writing |
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| reference to other literature |
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| something in the incorrect historical or chronological time period (someone using a sword in modern warfare) |
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| a foot of two syllables, one long or stressed followed by one short or unstressed |
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| a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part (Saying "count heads" when you mean "count people") |
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| a foot of two long or stressed syllables |
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a poem which expresses a single, complete idea in 14 lines:
Specifically, 8 lines followed by 6 lines |
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a poem which expresses a single, complete idea in 14 lines:
Specifically, 3 quatrains, then a couplet |
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| when a character in a play talks to himself as if thinking |
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| a change or a system of parallel changes |
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| comedy involving irony, sarcasm and ridicule to poke fun at human vices and faults |
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| the portion of a poem or song that is repeated |
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| a joke involving a play on words |
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| the main character, hero, or "good guy" of a story |
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| giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
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| a literal quality that evokes pity |
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| as simple, charming and pleasant as rural life |
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| when something that seems self-contradictory and impossible is a reality |
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| the formation of a word based on the sound that is made |
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| a poem that has a plot and tells a story |
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| A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related. (Such as using 'the crown' to mean 'royalty') |
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| any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. |
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| a short poem of songlike quality ("The Wrong Company") |
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| reversal of usual/natural order of words (usual/natural reversal of order words) |
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| a rhyme of two or more words in the same line |
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| obvious, intentional exaggeration |
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| arrogance, excessive pride |
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| poetry that doesn't follow a mixed metrical pattern |
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| a character who contrasts with the protagonist in order to highlight an aspect of the protagonist's character |
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| making bad things sound not quite so politically incorrect (sex is referred to as 'making love') |
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| any witty, ingenious or pointed saying tersely expressed |
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| an applicable quote at the beginning of a literary work |
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| a mournful, melancholy poem |
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| giving a false, perverse, disproportionate meaning to something |
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| the actual definition of a word |
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| 3 syllables, one long followed by two short or one stressed before two unstressed |
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| two-line poetry, each line has the same number of syllables and rhymes |
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| the second, unofficial definition of a word |
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| the purging of emotions/relieving of tension through arts |
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| harsh dissonance of sound |
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| a story told through song stanzas |
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| vowel rhyme: vowel sounds are repeated |
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| the original pattern or model off which all others are based |
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| the punctuation mark used in contractions |
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