6018675361 | Free verse | A kind of poetry without rhymes lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet. | 0 | |
6018675362 | Genre | A term used to describe literary forms | 1 | |
6018675363 | Gothic novel | A supernatural novel with horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terros | 2 | |
6018675364 | Harangue | A forceful sermon, lecture or tirade | 3 | |
6018675365 | Heroic couplet | Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth century verse | 4 | |
6018675366 | Hubris | The excessive price that often leads to tragic heros to their deths | 5 | |
6018675367 | Humanism | A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity | 6 | |
6018675368 | Hyperbole | Oberstatement, gross exaggeration | 7 | |
6018675369 | Idyll | A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 8 | |
6018675370 | Irony | A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite | 9 | |
6018675371 | Kenning | A device employed in Anglo Saxon | 10 | |
6018675372 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis | 11 | |
6018675373 | Lyric poetry | Personal, reflective poetry | 12 | |
6018675374 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent another | 13 | |
6018675375 | Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable | 14 | |
6018675376 | Moral | A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature | 15 | |
6018675377 | Muse | One of the Ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts | 16 | |
6018675378 | Narratuve | A form of verse or prose that tells a story | 17 | |
6018675379 | Non sequiturn | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from one before | 18 | |
6018675380 | Ofe | A type of poem | 19 | |
6018675381 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning | 20 | |
6018675382 | Ottawa rima | An eight line rhyming scheme or stanza | 21 | |
6018675383 | Pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 22 | |
6018675384 | Pathos | Using sorrow to capture interest | 23 | |
6018675385 | Pentamater | A verse with five poetic feet per line | 24 | |
6018675386 | Persona | The role or facade that a character depicts to a reader at large | 25 | |
6018675387 | Plot | What the point of the story was | 26 | |
6018675388 | Protagonist | The main character in a work of literature | 27 | |
6018675389 | Quatrain | A four line poem | 28 | |
6018675390 | Realism | The depiction of people things and events as they really are without idealization | 29 | |
6018675391 | Rhyme | The repitieron of similar sounds | 30 | |
6018675392 | Romance | An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places | 31 | |
6018675393 | Sarcasm | A sharp, caustic expression or remark, a bitter | 32 | |
6018675394 | Sentiment | A synonym for view or feeling | 33 | |
6018707899 | Subtext | The implied meaning | 34 | |
6018707900 | Voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. In grammar, active voice | 35 | |
6018707901 | Volta | Any shift or turning point ina. Work of prose or poetry | 36 | |
6018707902 | Wit | The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpected clever mess | 37 |
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