The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words. That church so lone,..... That echoed to many a parting groan ... Of dying foemen mingled there

The feeling created for the reader by a work of literature. Atmosphere can be generated by many things, but specifically style, tone, and setting. Synonymous with mod.

First in Middle Ages, ballad a sung poem of a dramatic story, passed down orally by generations. Romantic period, a literary ballad - poem intentionally imitative of ballad's style and structure, attempt to capture sentiments of common people like ballad.

1950s, American writers who see conformist, escape use drugs, spirituality, sex; Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, celebrate freedom of expression in politics usually, writing rejected conventional structure and diction, obscenity trials, shape censor laws

A novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood to adulthood. (coming of age, catcher in the rye)

Unrhymed iambic pentameter, most commonly used verse form bc it comes the closest out of all verse forms to natural patterns of speaking in english. A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Iambic pentameter wit

made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Iambic pentameter, then, is a rhythmic meter containing five iambs. Unrhymed iambic pentameter is called blank verse. The cur | few tolls | the knell | of part | ing day,

Quality of spoken text formed from combining the text's rhythm with the rise and fall in the inflection of the speaker's voice. Changing wave pattern using caesura (with commas) you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,

A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech. O could I lose all father now! for why Will man lament the state he should envy.

A character with features or traits that are exaggerated so that the character seems ridiculous. The term is usually applied to graphic depictions but also written depictions

A widespread literary theme meaning "seize the day" in Latin and found in lyric poetry, encourage readers to enjoy the present and make the most of their short lives. “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”

Refers to the emotional release felt by the audience at the end of a tragic drama. The term comes from Aristotle’s Poetics, in which he explains this frequently felt relief in terms of a purification of the emotions caused by watching the tragic events.

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Term	Definition
Assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words. That church so lone,..... That echoed to many a parting groan ... Of dying foemen mingled there
Atmosphere	The feeling created for the reader by a work of literature. Atmosphere can be generated by many things, but specifically style, tone, and setting. Synonymous with mod.
Ballad	First in Middle Ages, ballad a sung poem of a dramatic story, passed down orally by generations. Romantic period, a literary ballad - poem intentionally imitative of ballad's style and structure, attempt to capture sentiments of common people like ballad.
Beat Movement	1950s, American writers who see conformist, escape use drugs, spirituality, sex; Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, celebrate freedom of expression in politics usually, writing rejected conventional structure and diction, obscenity trials, shape censor laws
Bildungsroman	A novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood to adulthood. (coming of age, catcher in the rye)
Blank Verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter, most commonly used verse form bc it comes the closest out of all verse forms to natural patterns of speaking in english. A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Iambic pentameter wit
Iambic Pentameter	made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Iambic pentameter, then, is a rhythmic meter containing five iambs. Unrhymed iambic pentameter is called blank verse. The cur \| few tolls \| the knell \| of part \| ing day,
Cadence	Quality of spoken text formed from combining the text's rhythm with the rise and fall in the inflection of the speaker's voice. Changing wave pattern using caesura (with commas) you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
Caesura	A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech. O could I lose all father now! for why Will man lament the state he should envy.
Caricature	A character with features or traits that are exaggerated so that the character seems ridiculous. The term is usually applied to graphic depictions but also written depictions
Carpe Diem	A widespread literary theme meaning "seize the day" in Latin and found in lyric poetry, encourage readers to enjoy the present and make the most of their short lives. “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”
Catharsis	Refers to the emotional release felt by the audience at the end of a tragic drama. The term comes from Aristotle’s Poetics, in which he explains this frequently felt relief in terms of a purification of the emotions caused by watching the tragic events.
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