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LITERATURE TERMS
FINAL (R+J TERMS & POETRY)
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05/28/2005

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PERSONIFICATION
Definition
WHEN AN AUTHOR MAKES AN INAIMATE OBJECT PERSON LIKE
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MOOD
Definition
THE OVERALL FEEL OF A LITERARY WORK
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DRAMATIC IRONY
Definition
A CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT IS STATED AND WHAT IS REALLY MEANT, OR BETWEEN WHAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS
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PETRARCHAN SONNET (ITALIAN SONNET)
Definition
A 14 LINE POEM CONSISTING OF 2 PARTS: THE OCTAVE AND THE SESTET
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SHAKESPERIAN SONNET (ENGLISH SONNET)
Definition
A 14 LINE LYRIC POEM CONSISTING OF 3 QUATRAINS AND A COUPLET WITH A RHYME SCHEME OF ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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SOLILOQUIY
Definition
A SPEECH USUALLY LENGTHLY IN WHICH A C`HARACTER ALONE ON STAGE EXPRESSES HIS THOUGHTS AND/OR EMOTIONS ALOUD
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STANZA
Definition
A GROUP OF LINES FORMING A UNIT IN A POEM
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HAMARTIA
Definition
TRAGIC FLAW
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CATHARSIS
Definition
CLEANSING OF EMOTIONS WHERE THE READER OR VIEWER COMES INTO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE
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PATHOS
Definition
PITY OR SADNESS
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HUBRIS
Definition
EXAGGERATED PRIDE
Term
1. EXPOSITION
2. COMPLICATION
3. CRISIS
4. FALLING ACTION
5. CATASTROPHE
Definition
THE 5 PLOT DETAILS
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NOBLE
Definition
THE PROTAGONIST IS OFTEN OF____DESCENT TO ENHANCE THE TRAGIC OUTCOME
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CONCEALMENT
Definition
WHEN A CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN BY THE AUDIENCE BUT REMAIN HIDDEN FROM ITS FELLOW ACTORS
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ASIDE
Definition
AN ______ ALLOWS THE CHARACTER TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE ON STAGE OR THE AUDIENCE WITHOUT BEING OVERHEARD BY THE OTHER CHARACTERS
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LOVE KILLS HATE BUT AT A BIG COST
Definition
NAME 1 ONGOING THEME IN ROMEO AND JULIET
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PUN
Definition
PLAY ON WORDS THAT HAVE SIMILAR SOUNDS BUT MORE THAN 1 POSSIBLE SPELLING OR MEANING
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OXIMORON
Definition
2 CONTRADICTING TERMS DESCRIBING EACH OTHER
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