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| 10363077879 | allegory | 1)a poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning 2)Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is a religious or moral allegory where characters represent virtues and vices. | 0 | |
| 10363077880 | alliteration | 1)the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all. 2)"She sells seashells by the sea-shore."Another fan-favorite is:"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." | 1 | |
| 10389256924 | anapest | 1)three-syllable foot, stress on third 2)Get a life, In the blink of an eye, By the skin of your teeth, Get it out of your system, Feeling under the weather, Hit the nail on the head | 2 | |
| 10389275695 | Antagonist | 1)A character or force in conflict with the main character 2)You're in line for a promotion. A friend of yours gets the job instead. | 3 | |
| 10389280417 | aside | 1)a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage 2)"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" | 4 | |
| 10389287288 | Assonance | 1)Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity 2)Honesty is the best policy. | 5 | |
| 10389291954 | Au bade | 1)a poem about dawn; a morning love song; a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn 2)"I know my leaving in the breakfast table mess. Bowl spills into bowl: milk and bran, bread crust crumbled. You push me back into bed." | 6 | |
| 10389296654 | Ballad | 1)A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas 2)"Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide." | 7 | |
| 10389304348 | blank verse | 1)Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter 2)"Women of Adamant, fair neophytes— Who thirst for such instruction as we give, Attend, while I unfold a parable. The elephant is mightier than Man, Yet Man subdues him. Why? " | 8 | |
| 10389308020 | Caesura | 1)A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. 2)"We hold these truths to be self-evident || that all men are created equal."—Declaration of Independence, United States of America 1776." | 9 | |
| 10389316938 | catastrophe | 1)Catastrophe is a final resolution that appears in a narrative plot or a long poem. 2)"Despair thy charm; And let the angel whom thou still hast serv'd Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripp'd." | 10 | |
| 10389324862 | Catharsis | 1)a release of emotional tension 2)When a relationship ends, one or both parties might choose to "purge" the other out of his/her lives by throwing away mementos and getting ride of shared objects. | 11 | |
| 10389328229 | character | 1)A person in a story 2)Protagonist, antagonist, foil, etc. | 12 | |
| 10389335972 | Characterization | 1)The act of creating and developing a character 2)"Cathy was chewing a piece of meat, chewing with her front teeth. Samuel had never seen anyone chew that way before. And when she had swallowed, her little tongue flicked around her lips." | 13 | |
| 10389341919 | Chorus | 1)In Greek drama, the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it. 2)Chorus uses this phrase by introducing the couple to the Elizabethan audience. This shows that this term would definitely be familiar to the audience. | 14 | |
| 10389350130 | Climax | 1)the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex. 2)In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story reaches its climax in Act 3. In the first scene of the act, Romeo challenges Tybalt to a duel after he (Tybalt) killed Mercutio | 15 | |
| 10389359054 | closed form | 1)poetic form subject to a fixed structure and pattern 2)This limerick contains five lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba. Here we can notice the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme together, with three feet; whereas the third and fourth lines contain two feet and rhyme together. | 16 | |
| 10389377206 | comedy | 1)light and humorous drama with a happy ending 2)Every Man in His Humor, Ben Johnson brings a comedy of humors. | 17 | |
| 10393760090 | comic relief | 1)A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood 2)R2-D2 and C-3PO are used as comic relief in Star Wars to offset desperate situations. | 18 | |
| 10393774312 | complication | 1)A series of difficulties forming the central action in a narrative. 2)Liz tells Julie she hears something. Julie suggests she calls the police. | 19 | |
| 10393784843 | Connotation | 1)the implied or associative meaning of a word 2)inexpensive vs. cheap, house vs. home, etc. | 20 | |
| 10393789445 | convention | 1) defining features of particular literary genres, such as novel, short story, ballad, sonnet, and play. 2)Drama conventions are multiple conflicts, tension, emotions, and exploring relationships. | 21 | |
| 10393798589 | couplet | 1)two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme 2)"Parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good night till it be morrow." | 22 | |
| 10393802325 | dactyl | 1)Dactyl is a metrical foot, a beat in a line, containing syllables in which the first is accented, followed by second and third unaccented syllables. 2)garland, bicycle, speaking, value | 23 | |
| 10393822149 | Denotation | 1)The dictionary definition of a word 2)Dove: a stocky steed with a small head. | 24 | |
| 10393826314 | denouement | 1)an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot 2)At the end of The Little Mermaid, Ursula is killed. | 25 | |
| 10393833092 | deus ex machina | 1)In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. 2)A character wakes up to find it was all a dream. | 26 | |
| 10393844669 | Dialogue | 1)Conversation between characters 2)How may I help you? You can ............. | 27 | |
| 10393849024 | diction | 1)A writer's or speaker's choice of words 2)Grendel uses words that portrays gloomy and confused situations. | 28 | |
| 10393860547 | dramatic monologue | 1)a poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener 2)Why did you come to hear me speak if not to listen to what I say? | 29 | |
| 10393873150 | elegy | 1)poem or song expressing lamentation 2)Fly to travel free of any constraints ........ | 30 | |
| 10393881127 | elision | 1)the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry 2)hafta, sotra, musta | 31 | |
| 10393884267 | Enjambment | 1)the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. 2)My father could only play, only on special days he never knew....... | 32 | |
| 10393891694 | epic | 1)a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds 2)Gilgamesh, The Iliad, Odyssey | 33 | |
| 10393895377 | epigram | 1)a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation 2)"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put and end to mankind." ... "If we don't end war, war will end us." ... | 34 | |
| 10393898453 | Exposition | 1)Background information presented in a literary work. 2)Liz is a loner, she's twenty-five years of age, her best friend is Julie. | 35 |
