a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

a poetic form consisting of two consecutive lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme.

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject

an 18th-century movement that revived the forms and values of ancient Greece and Rome, emphasizing reason, order, restraint, and logic over emotion and individual creativity

a stock character: a wealthy, charming, but dissolute and womanizing man of high social status known for his romantic exploits, often characterized by debauchery, gambling, and the squandering of his fortune.

the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

when one word in a sentence connects to two different things, even if those things don’t usually go together.

principles or measures promoting the abolition especially of slavery

poetry written in unrhymed lines that follow a specific meter, most commonly iambic pentameter, which consists of ten syllables per line with an alternating unstressed and stressed pattern

comedy that satirizes behavior in a particular social group, especially the upper classes.

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement in Europe from the late 18th to mid-19th century that emphasized emotion, individualism, and a connection to nature, often in reaction against the Enlightenment's focus on reason and order.

a literary concept that evokes intense feelings of awe, wonder, and terror through depictions of overwhelming, incomprehensible, or vast subjects, particularly in nature.

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Question	Answer
Dramatic irony	a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.
Heroic couplet	a poetic form consisting of two consecutive lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme.
Irony	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Mock-heroic	imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject
Neoclassical	an 18th-century movement that revived the forms and values of ancient Greece and Rome, emphasizing reason, order, restraint, and logic over emotion and individual creativity
Rake	a stock character: a wealthy, charming, but dissolute and womanizing man of high social status known for his romantic exploits, often characterized by debauchery, gambling, and the squandering of his fortune.
Restoration	the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition
Satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

zeugma	when one word in a sentence connects to two different things, even if those things don’t usually go together.
Abolitionism	principles or measures promoting the abolition especially of slavery
Blank verse	poetry written in unrhymed lines that follow a specific meter, most commonly iambic pentameter, which consists of ten syllables per line with an alternating unstressed and stressed pattern
Comedy of manners	comedy that satirizes behavior in a particular social group, especially the upper classes.
Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Romanticism	an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement in Europe from the late 18th to mid-19th century that emphasized emotion, individualism, and a connection to nature, often in reaction against the Enlightenment's focus on reason and order.
the sublime	a literary concept that evokes intense feelings of awe, wonder, and terror through depictions of overwhelming, incomprehensible, or vast subjects, particularly in nature.
Winter	james thomas
The Vanity of Human Wishes	samuel johnson
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard	thomas gray
the school for scandal	richard brinsely sheridan
The Deserted Village	oliver goldsmith
the task	William Cowper
The Interesting Narrative	Olaudah Equiano

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