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| A work that functions on a symbolic level. |
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| The repetition of intital consnsonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers." |
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| A metrical pattern of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable (uu/) |
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| th force or character that opposes the main character, the protagonist |
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| Direct address in poetry. yeats's line "Be with me Beauty, for the fire is dying" is a good example |
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| A simple narrative poem, often incorportaing dialogue that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme of A B C D. |
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| Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plys are in this form |
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| A break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning |
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| One who carries out the action of the plot in literature. Major, minor, static, and dynamicare types of character |
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| The turningpoint of action or character in a literary work, usually the hightest moment of tension |
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| A clash between opposing forces in literary work, such as man vs man, man vs self, man vs nature, etc. |
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| The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning |
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| Two lines of rhymng poetry; often used by Shakespeare to conclude a scene or an important passage |
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| a foot of poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (/UU) |
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| The literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
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| denouement (day-new-mo-wah) |
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| the conclusion or tying up of loose ends in a literary work; the resolution of conflict and plot |
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| The author's choice of words |
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| A type of oem that presents a conversation between a speaker and an implied listener. Browning's "My Las Duchess" is a perfect example |
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| A poem that laments the dead or a loss Examples: "Elegy for Jane" by Roethke, Gray's "Elegy in a country church Yard" |
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| A technique in poetry that involves the running on of a lineor stanza. It enables the poem to move and to develop coherence as well as directing the reaer with regard to form and meaning. walt Whitman uses this |
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| lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero (ex: Beowulf) |
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| Background informationi presented ina literary work |
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| A metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line; iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, and spondee |
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| Hints of future events in a literary work |
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| the shape or structure of a literary work |
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| Poetry without a defined form, meter, or rhymescheme |
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| A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one; the most common poetic foot in the English language (u/) |
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| Unepected twist or contrasst between what happns and what was inteded or expected to happen. |
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| A type of poetry characterized by emotion,peronal feelings, and brevity |
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| Direct comparison between dissimalar things without using "like" or "as" |
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| A pattern of beats in poetry |
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| Speech given by one character |
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| the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or characters |
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| the speaker of a literary work |
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| an eight-line stanza usually combined witha sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet |
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| formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a particular subject |
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| words that sound like the sound they represent |
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| An image o contradictory terms |
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| A sceondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot |
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| comic imitation of a work taht ridicules the original |
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| assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts |
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| sequence of events in a literary work |
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| the method of narration in a work |
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| the hero or main character of a literary work, the character the audience sympathizes with |
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| the denouement of a literary work (ties up loose ends0 |
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| a question that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience |
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| the duplication of final syllable osunds in two or more lines |
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| The repetitive pattern of beats in poetry |
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| mode of wrting based on ridicul, which critisizesthe foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution |
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| A six line stanza usualy paired with an octave to form a Petrachan sonnet |
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| A highly structured poetic form of 39 lines, writtin in iambic pentameter. depends upon the repetion of six words from the first stanza in eahch of six stanzas |
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| The time and place of a literary work |
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| An indirect comparison thatuses the owords "like or "as" to link the differing items in the comparison |
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| A 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme cheme iin iambic pentameter (Petrachan and Shakespearean) |
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| A poetic foot consisting of two accented syllables (//) |
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| Unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter, and lenght to other units in th poem |
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| the organziation and form of a work |
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| The unique way an author presents his ideas(diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute) |
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| Something in a literary work that stands for something else |
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| the grammatical structure of prose and poetry |
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| the underlying ideas that the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc |
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| the author's attitude toward his subject |
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| opposite of hyperbole or exaggeration; it is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one wrties or says les than intended |
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| A highley structured poetic form that compraises six stanzas; five tercets, and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third lines throughout. |
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| one sense descriping another |
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| (/U)stressed followed by an unstressed syllable |
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| special type of repitition; repeats at the beginning of the poem |
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| The author of the Metamorphasis |
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| First and last name of the protagonist of The Metamorphasis |
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| country where The Metamorphasis takes place |
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| Decade that The Metamorphasis was written in |
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| The Metamorphasis is written in what point of view? |
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| Protagonist of Cry, the Beloved Country |
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| Stephen's son in Cry, the Beloved Country |
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| White priest in Cry, the Beloved Country that helps Stephen |
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| Author of Cry the Beloved Country |
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| Cry the beloved Country was written in what decade? |
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| Black priest who help Stephen in Cry the Beloved Country |
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| Cities in Cry the Beloved Country that the story focus around |
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| Johannesburg and Ndotsheni |
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| Name of the author of Death of a Salesman |
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| Willy's brother in Death of a Salesman |
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| name of character who helps Willy (ex gives him money)in Death of a Salesman |
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| Cities in Death of a Salesman |
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| Willy's son's names in Death of a Salesman |
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| Willy's wife's name in death of a Salesman |
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| Foil for Biff in Death of a Salesman |
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| can be put to song, black/white/red/green/ are colors generally used, sad |
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| rhyme scheme for Shakespearan sonnet |
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| narrator in the story( point of view is___) |
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| type of poetry with 5-15 couplets rhyme in front of the refrain |
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| umfundisi (Cry the Beloved country term) |
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| narrator cannot look into character's mind |
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| narrator is not in story but looks into one character's mind |
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| Highwayman is an example of what type of poem? |
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| Propheria's Lover is what type of poem? |
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| O'Captain My Captain is what type of poem? |
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| Barbara Allen is what type of poem? |
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| 2 syllables of a word rhyme (ex dancing, prancing: dance=prance, ing=ing) |
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| 14 lines into two parts, an octave (first eight lines) and a sestet (last six lines). abba abba (cdecde) |
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