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| long formal speech made by a character in a play (with no characters on stage) |
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| long speech where a character expresses their private thoughts (other characters on stage but do not hear this) |
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| giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas) |
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| private words a character speaks to the audience or to another character; not supposed to be heard by others in stage |
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| a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object |
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| a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as" |
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| a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms |
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| the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work; often to relieve tension. |
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| a fourteen line lyric poem in iambic pentameter; has a rhyme scheme |
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| Italian Sonnet (petrarchan) |
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| oldest sonnet form; divided into an eight line octave and a six line sestet |
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| Italian sonnet (rhyme scheme) |
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| English sonnet (shakespearean) |
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| three four line quatrains followed by a two line couplet |
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| english sonnet (rhyme scheme) |
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| when an author uses an object that is not really there to create a comparison between one that is; usually evokes a more meaningful visual experience for the reader |
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| transition from an octave to a sestet in a sonnet |
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| after octave or in sestet; or in third quatrain |
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| a specific answer to question an issue; implied question from prompt |
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| restating of the meaning of a text or passage using other words |
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| an event will produce a certain response in the form of another event |
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| arranging events in their order of occurrence in time |
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| similarities and differences between two topics |
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| a figure of speech linking a proper noun to a common noun using the or other articles |
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