Lit erms

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heroic couplet

Answer 1

pair of rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter

Question 2

Hyperbole

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a deliberate exageration

Question 3

iambic pentameter

Answer 3

5 feet of stressed/unstressed sylables

Question 4

imagery

Answer 4

mental or pictoral images creating a representation

Question 5

in medias res

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in the middle of things

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irony

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the exact opposite of what is expected

Question 7

kenning

Answer 7

a compound word which is a metaphor

Question 8

litote

Answer 8

making an affirmative point by negating a positive

Question 9

medievalism

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refers to Europe in 5-15th centuries

Question 10

metaphor

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a figure of speech where something is spoken of as if it were another

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meter

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regualr rythmic pattern

Question 12

monologue

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narrative from one person

Question 13

mood

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synonymous wo tone and atmosohere

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motif

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reoccuring symbol

Question 15

narrative poem

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poem that ells a story

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octet

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8 line stanza

Question 17

ode

Answer 17

lyrics poem; elevates an object, thing, or idea

Question 18

onomonopia

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signifies meaning through sound, “splash”

Question 19

oxymoron

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bitter sweet, sounds like opposites but arnt

Question 20

paradox

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statement that seems contradictory but really expresses truth

Question 21

parallelism

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emphasizes ideas or images by using gramatically similar construction

Question 22

personification

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giving human-like attributes to an inanimate object

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plot

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series of events in a story

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point of view

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perspective by which a story is told

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prose

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anything spoken or written in its ordinary form

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prosopopeia

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giving a voice to an object

Question 27

pun

Answer 27

play on words

Question 28

quatrain

Answer 28

a stanza containing 4 lines

Question 29

refrain

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a reoccuring phrase, line, or lines

Question 30

rhyme scheme

Answer 30

the pattern of rhyme in a peom or stanza, typically describes by assigning a lower case letter to each new rhyming sound

Question 31

rising action

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the part of drama between the intro of conflict or climax

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satire (direct)

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talking to a reader using comedy or sarchasm

Question 33

Satire (indirect)

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using chaaracters to use comedy or sarchasm

Question 34

scansion

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an analysis using symbols to show the pattern of un/stressed syllables in a verse

Question 35

sestet

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any 6 line peom or stanza

Question 36

setting

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place, time, and social milieu

Question 37

simile

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a comparison using like or as

Question 38

soliloquy

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a private monologue by a character that reveals inner thoughts

Question 39

sonnet

Answer 39

a lyric poem, typicallly 14 lines and it rhyms

Question 40

stanza

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a group of set lines in a poem

Question 41

style

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the way something is written

Question 42

symbol

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something that stands for or suggests something larger

Question 43

synecdouche

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a figure in which part of something represents the whole

Question 44

theme

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the statement a text seems to be making

Question 45

tone

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attitude of author

Question 46

voice

Answer 46

sound of the writing