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Literary Terms
| Question | Answer | example |
|---|---|---|
| iambic Pentameter | a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable | I am a pirate with a wooden leg. |
| Personification | giving human qualities to animals or objects. | a smiling moon, a jovial sun |
| Blank verse | unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. | Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. |
| oxymoron | putting two contradictory words together. | hot ice, cold fire, wise fool, sad joy, eloquent silence |
| Compression | Taking out syllables to create the right meter. | o' |
| apostrophe | when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed. | With how sad steps, O moon, thou climbest the skies. Busy old fool, unruly sun. |
| Foil | a character that contrasts second character that highlights certain qualities of that first character. | Stan Laurel is a foil to Oliver Hardy; Lou Costello is a foil to Bud Abbott |
| allusion | is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion. | Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible. |
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