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Allusion

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Direct or indirect reference

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Alliteration

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Words with the same sound in the same sentence

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Anapest

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A foot of 3 syllables, 2 shirt followed by one long in quantitative meter

uu/

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word(s) at the beginning of two or more successive verses/clauses/sentences

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Antagonist

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A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another character

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Assonance

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Resemblance of sounds

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Blank Verse

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Unrhymed verse

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Caesura

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Break or pause, interruption

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Caricature

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A picture or description

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Flat Character

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One personality

seven dwarves

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Round Character

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Multiple personalities

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Stock Character

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Stereotypical personality

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Conflict

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Disagreement

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Connotation

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Secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to it’s first meaning

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Consonance

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Correspondence of sounds

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Dactyl

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A foot of 3 syllables, 1 long followed by 2 short in quantitative meter

1 stressed followed by 2 unstressed in an accentual meter

/uu

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Dialogue

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Conversation between 2 or more people

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Direct Characterization

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Process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use if descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets

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Elision

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Adding or taking away syllables to make numbers work in poetry

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Enjambent

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The running on of the throughout from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break

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Farce

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Genre of comedy

stereotypical roles, practical jokes, boorish

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Foil

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Characters that are meant to be compared and contrasted

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Metrical Foot

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A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

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Foreshadowing

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To show it indicate beforehand, prefigure

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Hyperbole
Obvious and intentional exaggeration
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Iamb
A foot of 2 syllables, a short followed by a long A stressed followed by an unstressed u/
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Iambic Pentameter
Common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with 5 feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and accented syllable
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Imagery
The formation of mental images, figures, or likeness of things, or of such images collectively
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Indirect Characterization
The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.
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Irony
The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of it's literal meaning
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Juxtaposition
An act or instance of placing or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
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Metaphor
A figure of speech that suggests something resembles something else without using like or as
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Metonymy
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, or a part of
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Meter
Poetic measure Arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses
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Monologue
A prolonged talk or discourse by single speaker
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Mood
A state or quality of feeling at a particular time What the audience feels toward the writing
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Motif
A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.
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Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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Parallel Structure
Balance within 1 or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure
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Personification
Attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure
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Protagonist
Lead character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work
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Pun
Humorous use of word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest it's different meanings or applications Use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning Play on words
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Setting
Scene where the text takes place
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Simile
Comparing 2 things using like or as
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Soliloquy
Utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present
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Spondee
Foot of 2 syllables, both are long or stressed //
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Stage Directions
Instruction in the text if a play, indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
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Symbolism
The practice or representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
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Synecdoche
Figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part The special for the general or the general for the special
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Syntax
The study of rules or patterns in forms if sentences it phrases
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Theme
A subject of discourse, discussion, or composition Topic
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Tone
The attitude of the author toward the writing

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