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SFS A3 - English B4
Leslie Castaneda SFS A3 - English B4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem. |
| iamb | unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable |
| iambic pertameter | a line of poetry with 5 iambs |
| Shakespearean sonnet | 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter 3 units of 4 lines |
| quatrain | a group of 4 lines of poetry |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| rhyme sheme | is the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem |
| allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions |
| revolution | An overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. |
| fable | A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters |
| theme | A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. |
| satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. |
| utopia | an ideal society |
| dystopia | a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror |
| communism | A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. |
| propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. |
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