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| a work in which symbols are used systematically | ||
| initial repetition of a consonant | ||
| a reference to some other literay work or tradition | ||
| a characteristic of an exprression that is understandable in more than one sense | ||
| a shift to direct address | ||
| repetition of a vowel or of closely related vowels | ||
| the sum of those things that evoke in the reader a sominant feeling | ||
| unrimed lines of ten syllables each | ||
| an elaborate parallel between two very dissimilar things | ||
| the things suggested by words | ||
| repetition of a consant or of a pattern of consonants | ||
| the dictionary definition of a word | ||
| lyric poem in which the speaker addresses himself to persons around him | ||
| the choice of words | ||
| any lyric lamenting someone's death | ||
| when the rhyme comes at the end of the line | ||
| the line of poetry ends with a mark of punctuation | ||
| the run-on line of poetry | ||
| a long narrative poem with heroic action | ||
| the metaphor is then carried on throughout one or more stanzas | ||
| a character who exhibits only one or a few closely related characteristics | ||
| a character whose characteristics contrast with those of another character | ||
| a figure of speech based on exaggeration | ||
| two syllables with the second stressed | ||
| mental pictures experienced by the reader | ||
| when the rhymw is within the line | ||
| the placing of a sentence element out of its normal position | ||
| some sort of discrepancy | ||
| discrepency between what one or more characters and the audience know to be true | ||
| in which the discrepancy us betweeb what one or more characters confidently expect to occur and what occurs | ||
| the placing of contrasting elements together | ||
| X is said to be Y | ||
| a lyric that is long, serious in subjects | ||
| Description that sounds like the thing | ||
| an expression containing two usually contradictory things | ||
| a seemingly contradictory statement that is nonetheless true | ||
| a composition (usually a poem) about shepherds or, broadly, about rural life | ||
| an X that is not human is described in terms appropriate to an implied Y that is human | ||
| a novel telling the story of a rogue | ||
| ther person through whose eyes and consciousness the reader views the avtion of a work of fiction | ||
| works with commonplace characters whose actions result in great circumstances | ||
| a phrase, a line, or a group of lines repeated at the end of each stanza of a poem | ||
| rhythm depends upon two things: a rhythmic unit and repetition of that unit | ||
| repetition in words of the stressed vowel | ||
| a work whose purpose is to reform | ||
| X is said to be like Y | ||
| a character speaks to himself | ||
| consists of 14 lines | ||
| rhyme of only a single stressed syllable | ||
| rhyme with a stressed syllable follows by an unstressed syllable | ||
| to exhibit the flow of the characters' perceptions, thoughts, and feelings | ||
| introduction, middle, and parallel structure, turning point, transition | ||
| "collective effect" dicition, syntax, imagery | ||
| word order | ||
| the purpose or lesson of a work | ||
| the words of a speaker or a writer that expresses his attitude toward his subject | ||
| stating it to be less than it is |
