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Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| denotative | a word that names or signifies something specific |
| elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead |
| Elizabethan Era | is the epoch in English history marked by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). |
| Epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. |
| Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. |
| Foreshadowing | be a warning or indication of (a future event) |
| Genre | a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| In medias res | in the middle of |
| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
| Paradox | a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. |
| Ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language. |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
| Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
| Plot | the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
| Setting | the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
| Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
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