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Vocab (A-I) Flashcards

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Drama of the absurd

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radically nonrealistic in content and presentation, emphasizes absurdity and meaninglessness of life

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Accent

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stress, syllable given more prominence in pronunciation than others

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Allegory

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Narrative or description that has a 2nd meaning beneath surface

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alliteration

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The repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words

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allusion

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a reference explicit or implicit to something in previous literature history

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anapest

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A metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable (understand)

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anapestic meter

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A meter in which a majority of the feet are anapests

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anaphora

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repetition of an opening word or phrase in a series of lines

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antagonist

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any force in a story or play that is in conflict with the protagonist

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apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply

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approximate rhyme

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words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes (Push–rush)

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artistic unity

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The condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of it central purpose.

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aside

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A brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience

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assonance

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The repetition at close intervals of the vowel sounds of accented syllables or important words (vein-made)

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aubade

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A poem about dawn

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ballad

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A fairly short narrative poem written in a song like stanza form

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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cacophony

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A harsh, discordant, unpleasant sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

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caesura

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A speech pause occurring within a line

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catharsis

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emotional release experience by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy

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chance

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The occurrence of an event that has no apparent cause in antecedent events or in predisposition of character

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character

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any of the persons presented in a story or play

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developing character

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A character who during the course of the work undergoes a permanent change and some distinguishing moral qualities

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flat character

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A character who is distinguishing moral qualities are personal traits are summed up in one or two traits

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foil character

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A minor character who situation or actions parallel those of a major character and thus by contrast sets off or illuminates the major character

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round character

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A character who is distinguishing moral qualities or personal traits are complex and many-sided

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static character

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A character who is the same sort of person at the end of the work as at the beginning

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stock character

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A stereotype character, one who’s nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous literature

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characterization

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The various literary means by which characters are presented

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chorus

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A group of actors speaking or chanting in unison

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climax

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The turning point or Highpoint in a plot

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coincidence

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The chance concurrence of two events having a peculiar correspondence between them

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Comedy

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A type of drama opposed to tragedy, having usually a happy ending, and emphasizing human limitation rather than human greatness

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scornful comedy

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A type of comedy whose main purpose is to expose them ridiculous I’m human folly, vanity, or hypocrisy

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romantic comedy

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A type of comedy who’s likable and sensible main character is placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play

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comic relief

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in a tragedy a comic seen that follows a scene of seriousness and by contrast intensifies the emotions aroused by the serious scene

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commercial fiction

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Fiction written to meet the taste of a wide popular audience and relying usually on tested formulas for satisfying such taste

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conflict

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A class of actions, desires, ideas, or goals in the plot of the story or drama. May exist between main character and other person, main character and external force, or main character and destructive element in his or her own nature

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connotation

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what a word suggests beyond its basic dictionary definition

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consonance

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The repetition of close intervals of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words (plaque-book)

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continuous form

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The form of a poem in which the lines follow each other without formal grouping, the only breaks being dictated by units of meaning

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couplet

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two successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme

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dactyl

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A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables, for example merrily

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dactylic meter

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A meter in which the majority of the feet are dactyls

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denotation

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The basic definition or dictionary meaning of the word

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denouement

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that portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries

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deus ex machina

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The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance or coincidence

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didactic writing

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writing having as a preliminary purpose to teach or preach

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dilemma

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A situation in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable

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dimeter

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metrical line containing 2 feet

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Direct presentation of character

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The method of characterization in which the author, by exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like, or someone else in the story do so

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double rhyme

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arrive in which the repeated Val is in the second last syllable of the word involved, for example, politely-rightly

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dramatic convention

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I need dramatic device which, that would depart from reality, as implicitly excepted by author an audience as a means of representing reality

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dramatic exposition

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The presentation through dialogue of information about events that occurred before the action of the play

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dramatic framework

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The situation, whether actual or fictional, realistic or fanciful, in which an author places his or her characters in order to express the theme

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dramatization

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The presentation of a character or of emotion through the speech or action of characters rather than through the exposition, analyses, or description by the author

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duple meter

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A meter in which a majority of the feet contain two syllables (iambic)

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editorializing

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writing that departs from the narrative or dramatic mode and instructs the reader how to think or feel about the events of the story or the behavior of a character

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end rhyme

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rhymes that occur at the end of lines

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end-stopped line

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aligned that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation

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English/Shakespearean sonnet

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A sonnet rhyming ababcdcdefefgg

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Epiphany

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A moment or event in which a character achieves a spiritual insight into life or into his or her own circumstances

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euphony

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A smooth pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

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expected rhythm

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The rhythmic expectation set up by the basic meter of a poem

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extended figure

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A figure of speech sustain or developed through a considerable number of lines or throughout a whole poem

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extrametrical syllables

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in metrical verse, extra unaccented syllables added at the beginning or endings of lines

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falling action

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The segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion

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Fantasy

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kind of fiction that picture is creatures or events beyond the boundaries of known reality

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farce

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A type of drama related to comedy but emphasizing improbable situations, violent conflicts, physical action, and coarse wit over characterization or articulated plot

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feminine rhyme

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A rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel is in either the second or third last syllable of the words involved, for example ceiling-appealing, scurrying-hurrying

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figurative language

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language employing figures of speech, language that cannot be taken literally or only literally

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figure of speech

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any way of saying something other than the ordinary way, a way of saying one thing and meaning another

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fixed form

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A form of poem in which the length and pattern are prescribed by previous usage or tradition, a sonnet

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folk ballad

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A narrative poem designed to be sung, composed by an anonymous author, and transmitted orally for years or generations before being written down

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foot

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The basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of verse, usually contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables

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form

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The external pattern or shape of a poem describable without reference to its content

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free verse

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non-metrical poetry in which the basic rhythmic unit is the line, and in which pauses, linebreaks, and formal patterns develop organically from the requirements of the individual poem rather than from established poetic forms

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grammatical pause

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A pause introduced into the reading of the line by Mark of punctuation

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hamartia

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A criminal act committed in Ingrids of some material fact or even for the sake of a greater good

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happy ending

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an ending in which events turn out well for a sympathetic protagonists

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Heard rhythm

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The actual rhythm of a metrical poem as we hear it when it is read naturally

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hexameter

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A metrical line containing 6 feet

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Iamb

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metrical foot consisting of one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable, For example rehearse

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iambic meter

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A meter in which the majority of feet are iambs

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imagery

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The representation through language of sense experience

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indeterminate ending

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an ending in which the central problem or conflict is left unresolved

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indirect presentation of character

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that method of characterization in which the author shows as a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by the character

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internal rhyme

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arrive in which one or both of the rhyme-words occurs within the line

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irony

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A situation or use of language involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy

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verbal irony

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I figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

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dramatic irony

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I need congruity or discrepancy between what the character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true

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irony of situation

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A situation in which there is an incongruity between appearance and reality, or between expectation and fulfillment, or between the actual situation and what would seem appropriate

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Italian sonnet

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A sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abbaabba and cdcdcd

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