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Alliteration

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The recurrence of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby stressed syllables

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Allusion

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A reference within a work of literature to something outside it

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Antagonist

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Opponent of the protagonist

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Aphorism

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A pithy observation that contains a general truth

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Apostrophe

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The addressing of a no personal object as if it was able to reply

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Ballad

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A short, simple, narrative song

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Biography

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A story that details the events of someone’s life

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Caesura

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Major pauses within lines

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Character

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Representations of people in literature

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Comedy

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Drama that ends happily

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Conceit

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A fanciful expression in writing or speech

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Conflict

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Battle between two opposing forces

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Couplet

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Two lines stanza

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Dialect

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Conversations between characters in the story

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Diction

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The choice and use of words in writing and speaking

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Drama

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A story consisting of action and dialogue designed for stage performance

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Dramatic monologue

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A poem consisting of a speech
by a character (who is not the author) addressing an audience at a critical moment in his life.

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Elegiac poetry

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Mournful poetry

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Elegy

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Any poem of solemn meditation

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Enjambment

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Lines of poetry that flow from one line of poetry to the next without pause

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Epic

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A long stylized, narrative poem

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Fantasy

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Any story that takes place outside the real world

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Allegory

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A story with a literal and an implied level of meaning.

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Figurative language
Tools used to add detail to the story
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Folk ballad
Folk ballads are characteristically impersonal, compressed, dramatic (in use of dialogue and absence of transitions), rit- ualistic in effect (through the use of various devices and repetition), and simple in stanza form
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Folktale
Stories that are passed down from generation to generation by words rather then book
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Foreshadowing
Hints in the story signaling what's happening next
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Frame story
A story within a story that has nothing to do within the major plot
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Irony
A figure of thought that contrasts appearances and reality
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Kenning
A compound expression in old English poetry
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Literary ballad
The literary ballad is a narrative poem created by a poet in imitation of the old anonymous folk ballad
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Lyrical poetry
poem that is not long, narrative, dramatic (in the sense of being written to be acted out), or expository
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Metaphysical conceit
Extended analogy that does not fully describee the picture
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Meter
The regular recurrence of accented syllables in poetry
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Metaphor
The expression of one thing in terms of another
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Narrative poetry
Poetry that follows the story of a single character
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Ode
A long, highly stylized poem
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Personification
Adding human qualities to anything that is not human
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Poetic justice
Literary device where virtue is ultimately rewarded and vice is ultimately punished
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Protagonist
The main character of the story
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Quatrains
4 line stanza
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Realism
Poem or story in which the details described are very realistic
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Refrain
Stop oneself from doing something
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Rhyme
Two or more words having the same sound
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Rhythm
A more or less regular recurrence of stressed syllables in written or spoken utterance.
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Romanticism satire
A reaction against the cultural climate and values of neoclassicism
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Scoop
A piece of news published by a some kind of public information center
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Simile
stated comparison of two things using a linking word or phrase
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Sonnet
lyric poem of fourteen iambic pentameter lines conventionally rhyming according to one of two patterns
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Stream of consciousness
A narrative method de- signed to reproduce the mental process of a character, mingling conscious with half-conscious thoughts and sensations, past with present experi- ence, and rational and irrational associations, in an unbroken flow.
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Symbolism
object that stands for something else as well as for itself
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Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences
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Theme
A recurring or emerging idea in a piece of work or literature
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Tone
The attitude of a work toward its subject
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Tragedy
Drama that ends unhappily

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