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| a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, often from the Bible, Greek mythology, or another well-known work of art or literature | |
| a harsh, discordant, unpleasant arrangement of sounds | |
| a figure of speech that consists of saying less than one means | |
| a short composition having the intentions of poetry but written in prose rather than verse | |
| a rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel is in the final syllable of the words involved | |
| a sonnet using three coordinate quatrains with an alternating rhyme pattern (abab, cdcd, efef) and a concluding rhyming couplet (gg). It usually shows subtle shifts in thought at e | |
| the repetition at close intervals of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words | |
| a figurative device sustained for several lines or throughout an entire poem | |
| the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity used for a desired effect | |
| a situation, or use of language, involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy | |
| the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia | |
| rhymes that occur at the end of the lines | |
| the use of words that supposedly mimic their meaning in their sound | |
| writing that uses figures of speech as opposed to literal language | |
| metrical language, opposite of prose | |
| a story in which people, things and events have another meaning | |
| the repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity used for a desired effect | |
| one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse | |
| a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowe | |
| the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work | |
| any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound; a “beat” created when poetry is read aloud | |
| any syllable given more prominence in pronunciation than its neighbors | |
| two successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme | |
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| repetition of an opening word or phrase in a series of lines | |
| a rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel is in either the second or third-last syllable of the words involved | |
| unrhymed, non-metered poetry | |
| any fixed pattern of rhyming throughout a poem | |
| the process of measuring the metrical pattern in a poem | |
| a line in a poem that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation | |
| a figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, object, or concept | |
| the repetition of the accented vowel sound and all succeeding sounds in important or importantly positioned words | |
| a long speech made by one actor in a play, film, etc, esp when alone | |
| a figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike using 'like' or 'as' | |
| the regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse | |
| a four-line stanza, usually used in a sonnet marked off by its rhyme scheme | |
| Agreed upon and understood rules, practices, and procedures of production | |
| a line that has no natural speech pause at its end, allowing the meaning to flow uninterruptedly into the next line | |
| the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant | |
| a restatement of the content of a poem designed to make its prose meaning as clear as possible | |
| a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot | |
| words in a rhyming pattern that have some sound correspondence but are not exact rhymes (ex: fit/hate) | |
| a figure of speech in which something means more than what it is | |
| a group of lines in poetry whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout the poem. In free verse, a stanza is simply a group of lines set off by line breaks in the poem. | |
| any poem using a set length and pattern prescribed by previous usage or tradition, such as the sonnet, villanelle, or ballad | |
| an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present | |
| a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements | |
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| a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience. | |
| deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | |
| a person or thing that is chronologically out of time or place | |
| a figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike | |
| a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole | |
| a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy | |
| a smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | |
| the writer's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring or meaning of a work | |
| part of the stage to the right/left of the performer facing the audience | |
| a 6-line stanza | |
| a sonnet consisting of an octave and a sestet, typically using the rhyme scheme abba abba cdcdcd or abba abba cdecde. It poses a problem or situation in the octave, then offers a r | |
| unrhymed iambic pentameter | |
| front half/back half of the stage | |
| a repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines, normally at some fixed position in a poem written in stanzaic form | |
| a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead, or something non-human, is addressed as if it were present and could reply | |
| writing that appeals to all of our senses | |
| a speech pause occurring within a line | |
| an adversary to the main character, one who presents conflict in a story | |
| a rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound is in the final syllable of both words | |
| the basic unit of measurement in metrical verse, usually containing one accented syllable and either one or two unaccented syllables | |
| an 8-line stanza | |
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