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| an event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of order in time; some anachronisms are unintentional, such as when an actor performing Shakespeare forgets to take off his watch; others are deliberately used to achieve a humorous or satiric effect, such as the sustained anachronism of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. |
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| a short, simple narrative of an incident |
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| a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life |
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a long narrative poem that presents a single dramatic episode which is often tragic or violent; the two types of ballads are:
1. folk ballad: one of the earliest forms of literature, a folk ballad was usually sung and was passed down orally from singer to singer; its author (if a single author) is generally unknown, and its form and melody often changed according to a singer's preference.
2. literary ballad: also called an art ballad, this is a ballad that imitates the form and spirit of the folk ballad, but is more polished and uses a higher level of poetic diction. |
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| broad parody; whereas a parody will imitate and exaggerate a specific work, such as Romeo and Juliet, a burlesque will take an entire style or form, such as pastoral poetry, and exaggerate it into ridiculousness |
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| harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony |
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| the emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy |
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a type of antithesis, in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed
example:
We repeat what we remember,
and remember what we repeat. |
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| the principles and styles admired in the classics of Greek and Roman literature, such as objectivity, sensibility, restraint, and formality |
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an elaborate figure of speech in which two seemingly dissimilar things or situations are compared
Example: To His Coy Mistress
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song; then worms shall try
That long preserv'd virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust. |
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| the repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds, as in boost/best, can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill, and ping-pong |
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discourse:
spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion |
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| the grating of sounds that are harsh or do not go together |
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