Terms : Hide Images
| 5299654980 | analogue | a story that contains similar characters, situations, settings, or verbal elements to those found in a different story; sometimes analogues reveal that one version was adopted from or inspired by another (Ex. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story) | 0 | |
| 5299654981 | ancillary characters | less important characters who are not the primary protagonist or antagonist but who highlight these characters or interact with them so as to provide insight into the narrative's action; include foils, stock characters, and deuteragonists (Ex. Portia In Julius Caesar) | 1 | |
| 5299654982 | deuteragonist | a sidekick who accompanies the protagonist in a narrative; often serves as a foil to the protagonist to enhance his powers or strengths (Ex. Jim to Huck Finn or Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes) | 2 | |
| 5299654983 | bard | an ancient Celtic poet, singer, or harpist who recited heroic poems by memory; acted as oral historian, political critic, eulogizer, and entertainer; celebrated national events, heroic actions, and victories; later a synonym for any poet (Ex. Shakespeare is "the Bard of Avon") | 3 | |
| 5299654984 | catachresis | an impossible figure of speech or implied metaphor that uses words in an unusual or grammatically unconventional way (Ex. Hamlet: "I will speak daggers to her.") | 4 | |
| 5299654985 | end-stopped rhyme | in poetry, a line ending in a full pause often indicated by punctuation such as a period or semicolon; opposite of enjambment; gives poetic and rhythmic effect, slows down the poem, helps the readers ponder lines (Ex. Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18") | 5 | |
| 5299654986 | erotema | rhetorical question used to affirm or deny a point strongly; expresses wonder, indignation, or sarcasm (Ex. Marullus: "Knew you not Pompey?" from Julius Caesar) | 6 | |
| 5299654987 | hypophora | similar to erotema; however, speaker immediately answers the question he asks; used to create curiosity and introduce new discussions (Ex. Paul: "Is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.") | 7 | |
| 5299654988 | inexact rhyme | rhymes created out of words with similar but not identical sounds (Ex. Yeats: "Heart-smitten with emotion I sink DOWN / My heart recovering with covered EYES; / Wherever I had looked I had looked UPON / My permanent or impermanent IMAGES.") | 8 | |
| 5299654989 | Miltonic imagery | imagery made famous by Milton's poetry, especially Paradise Lost, such as dark angels or twisted demons laboring below the earth or the pastoral tranquility of Eden (Ex. The monster in Frankenstein, both an Adam and Satan figure) | 9 |
