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Literary Terms
English 11 AP
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11th Grade
04/01/2008
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Aside
 Definition
speech to audience
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Catharsis
 Definition
an emotional let out that brings renewal or relief from tension
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Denouement
 Definition
resolution of all loose ends
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Exposition
 Definition
first introduction
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Hamartia
 Definition
fatal flaw
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Cadence
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rhythmic flow of sequence
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Caesura
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Long pause in poetry (natural)
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Conceit
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strong metaphor
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Controlling Image
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main idea or subject of poem
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Elegy
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funeral song
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Euphony
 Definition
agreeable sound
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Scansion
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analyzing of syllabic patterns
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English Sonnet
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4 4 4 2
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Italian/Petrarchen Sonnet
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8 6
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Trochee
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inverted iamb
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volta
 Definition
sudden change in thought/action at the end of a poem
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Epigram
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witty statement, paradoxal
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Invective
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venomous language for blame
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Inversion
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change in syntax
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Allegory
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object/event has deeper meaning to illustrate a moral lesson
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Antithesis
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sentence with opposing ideas
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Apostrophe
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Addressing someone dead, not-there, or non-human
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Litotes
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positive/opposite idea through negation
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Synecdoche
 Definition
part of something used to describe the whole
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