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alliteration

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of words w same sound ex) big bully beats up

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allusion

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making reference to something in history, religion, culture, etc. that everyone should know

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protagonist

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main character

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antagonist

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enemy of main character, foe

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Epic poem

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Long narrative poem, relates to great deeds of larger in life you’re

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epic hero

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Undertakes quests to achieve something of huge value to society

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epithet

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Word/phrase applied to a person or thing to describe quality (dog= mans best friend)

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catharsis

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Concept the actions on stage of emotions pity and fear in audience

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tragedy

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Goat song, sacrifices to God, hero of noble stature has heroic flaw that leads to heroic downfall, then catharsis

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comedy

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Greek and Roman happy ending (marriages)

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couplet

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two lines of verse, usually same meter or rhyme

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English/Shakespeareran sonnet

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Lyrical poem, 14 lines, iambic pentameter, three quatrains and one couplet

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Italian/Petrarchan sonnet

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Lyrical poem, 14 lines, iambic pentameter, octave + sestet

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drama

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Written to be performed in front of an audience, started in Ancient Greece

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figurative language

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Uses words or expressions with different meaning than literal interpretation

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tone

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Attitude a writer towards audience

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Rhythm

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Longer short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllable’s

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meter

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Basic structure of the verse or lime

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iambic pentameter

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5 iams per line, unstressed followed by stressed syllables

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flashback

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Interruption to insert past events to provide background/context

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foreshadowing

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Advanced hint of what is to come

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foil

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Character in story contrasts w main character to highlight main attribute

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imagery

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representing actions, objects, ideas in a way appealing to our senses

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metaphor

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comparison without like or as

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simile

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comparison using like or as

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narrator

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voice that tells the story

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octave

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8 lines; establish problem/poses question

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personification

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giving human characteristics to non-human things

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quatrain

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lambic pent; abab, 2 couplets

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rhyme scheme

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pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in poem

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setting

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where story takes place

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stanza

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4+ lines with fixed length, meter or rhyme scheme

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theme

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central topic, overall idea

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symbol

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object/person/situation that has other meaning than literal

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irony

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contrast/discrepancy between what is said and what is meant

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verbal irony

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writer/speaker says one thing and means another

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dramatic irony

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reader/audience perceives something character doesn’t know

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irony of situation

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discrepancy between expected result and actual results

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Rhyme scheme for English sonnet

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ababcdcdefefgg

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rhyme scheme for Italian sonnet

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abbaabbacd

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Spenserian sonnet

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14 lines, 3 quatrains, 1 couplet, ababbcbccdcded

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poetry & prose

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poetry - form- inverse pattern

prose - regular writing

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autumn chant

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bitter, fall is here, rose = out of death comes life,

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sylvia plath

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confessional, personification, mirror- woman who hates appearance bc shes getting older

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running - richard wilbur

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man thinking back to childhood

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women - alice walker

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mothers- fighting for civil rights, equal education- no segregation

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miss rosie - lucille clifton

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‘i’m a black women poet, & i sound like one.’ senile, still respect

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ex-bball player- john updike

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obsessed w past, tone- sad/wasted potential, reminisces` glory days

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drama -

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written to be performed. began ancient greece as dance for dionecees (fertility). GOAT SONG.

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y was drama called goat song

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  1. leader wore goat skin
  2. sacrifice was goat
  3. prize was goat.
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rebirth of drama in england.

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guild- trade union, plays 4 cycles, 1 per year, plays mystery, miracle, morality

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easter dialogue song - guild plays - 3 types of plays - drama today (non-religious)

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:)

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first public theater in london

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1576 james burbage The Theater. burbage dies 1599, rent raised, sons hired ppl to move it. now The Globe,

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globe 1

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burnt down 1613, canon during henry viii, rebuilt 1614

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globe 2

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1642 closes down, 1644 torn down,

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rebuilding

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1970, Sam Wanamaker- american actor, attempts to riase donations, 19 yrs. 1989, london gives rebuilding permission. 1997 Globe reopens. intimate

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original globe features

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3000 occupancy, thatch roof- durable but burns, open roof. $.01 to stand, best seats on stage.