literary elements

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alliteration

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the repetition of accented consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to each other

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bathos

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ridiculous over exaggeration in language or thought that is outwardly sincere usually in poetic form

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epiphany

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a moment of sudden revelation or insight

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metaphor

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lifes but a walking shadow. a figure of speech which compares two dissimilar things

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paradox

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a statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually reveals some element of truth

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ballad

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a song like poem that tells a story often one dealing with adventure or romance

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enjambment

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in poetry the running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the first

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jargon

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the special language of a profession or group

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simile

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in the blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths … fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals

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antithesis

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a statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually reveals some element of truth

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ellipsis

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to be…. that is the question

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farce

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the kind of comedy that features physical horse player, stereotypical characters and absurd plots and involving mistaken identities

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syntax

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the organization of language into meaningful structure every sentence has a pattern of words

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anecdote

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a brief story about an interesting amusing or strange event

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canto

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the main division of a long poem

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euphemism

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down sizing and cutting jobs

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soliloquy

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a characters speech to the audience in which emotions and ideas are revealed

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anachronism

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in the play the soldiers in casear’s army were wearing wristwatches

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anagram

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hamlet by william shakespeare of amleth a danish prince

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hyperbole

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the governor of buenos aires took everything but left me your heart come your presence will either return me to life or cause me to die of joy

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kenning

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related to works in old english poetry where the author would use a twist of words figure speech or use a new poetic device

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ambiguity

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the quality of being intentionally unclear

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apostrophe

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a rhetorical figure of direct address to a person object or abstract entity

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didactic

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in a story speech, essay or play is one i which the authors primary purpose is to instruct , teach or moralize

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segue

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sometimes in literature there is an uninterrupted transition from one section or them to another

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allusion

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a passing reference to something or someone outside the immediate scope of work

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dactyl

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a foot of poetry with three syllables one stressed and two short or unstressed such as a waltz rhythm

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connotation

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home and domicile have the same meanings but home is positive and warm while domicile is not

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satire

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the use of humor to ridicule and expose the shortcomings and failings of society, individuals, and institutions

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vernacular

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the standard native language of a country or locality distinguished from the literary language

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rhetorical question

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a question with an obvious anser so no response is expected

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personification

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is when a nonhuman object is given human characteristics

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synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which the name of a part is used to refer to a whole

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iambic pentameter

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meterical poetry that consists of five iambic feet per line common metric foot on English language

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onomatopoeia

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words that imitate sounds meow bang pop