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an expression designed to call somthing to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an inderect or passing reference
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the occurence of the same letter or sound at the beggining of adjacent or closely connected words | alliteration |
| an expression designed to call somthing to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an inderect or passing reference | allusion |
| the prevading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art | atmoshere |
| In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | assonance |
| A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas or a slow sentimental or romantic song | ballad |
| Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter | blank verse |
| The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; culmination or apex | climax |
| A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protacted one | conflict |
| Two lines of a verse, usually in the same mater and joined by rhyme, and that form a unit | couplet |
| The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved | denouement |
| A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group | dialect |
| Converation between two or more people as a feature of a book, playh or movie | dialogue |
| A character who undergoes an important and basic change in personality or outlook | dynamic character |
| the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced | exposition |
| a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral | fable |
| A character that is static and does not grow. One purpose of flat characters is to highlight the development of round characters. Flat characters may be one of several special types, such as stereotypes or stock characters. | flat character |
| A group of syllables constituting a metrical unit. In English poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables, while in ancient classical poetry it consists of long and short syllables | foot |
| A warning or a indication of a future event | foreshadowing |
| poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | free verse |
| A category of artistic composition, in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style or subject matter | genre |
| a male or female who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding acheivements, or noble qualities | hero/heroine |
| Exaggerated staements or claims not meant to be taken literally | hyperbole |
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| A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result | irony |
| a short poem, usually rich in imagery, expressing personal emotions | lyric poem |
| A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | metaphor |
| A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | analogy |
| A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | anecdote |
| A contrast or opposition between two things | antithesis |
| A particular activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular | bandwagon appeal |
| A list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject | bibliography |
| An account of someone's life written by someone else | biography |
| Used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future | carpe diem |
| The abstract meaning or intension of a term, which forms a principle determining which objects or concepts it applies to | connotation |
| The point in a play or story when a crucial conflict takes place, determining the outcome of the plot | crisis |
| The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | diction |
| The ability to understand and share the feelings of another | empathy |
| 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 | epic |
| A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened | epilogue |
| Literature in the form of prose, esp. short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | fiction |
| The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions | figurative language |
| A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story | flashback |
| Belonging to or redolent of the Dark Ages; portentously gloomy or horrifying | gothic |
| Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work | imagery |
| The atmosphere or pervading tone of something, especially a work of art | mood |
| Negative words are used to create an unfavorable opinion of the competition in the viewer's mind | name-calling |
| Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view | propaganda |
| a made up story that is created in a constructive format | narritive |
| The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall | nemesis |
| an account, narrative, or representation of a subject which an author presents as fact | non-fiction |
| a statement that contradicts itself | paradox |
| A quality that evokes pity or sadness | pathos |
| The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | personification |
| 3.The position from which something or someone is observed | point of view |
| rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | meter |
| using words that imitate the sound they denote | onomatopoeia |
| conjoining contradictory terms | oxymoron |
| 1.A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet | pentameter |
| the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc | personification |
| the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. | plot |
| the principal character in a work of fiction; a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | protagonist |
| correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines | rhyme |
| 1.The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse | rhyme scheme |
| recurring at regular intervals | rhythm |
| is depicted with such psychological depth and detail that he or she seems like a "real" person | round chracter |
| the context and environment in which something is set | setting |
| Things happen to such a character without things happening within | static chracter |
| an introduction to a play | prologue |
| a humorous play on words | pun |
| witty language used to convey insults or scorn | satire |
| a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds | simile |
| A type of irony emphasizing that human beings are enmeshed in forces beyond their comprehension and control. | situational irony |
| An instruction in the text of a play, esp. one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting | stage directions |
| A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow | stream of consciousness |
| The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities | symbolism |
| 3.A long essay or dissertation involving personal research | thesis |
| ; the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | tone |
| the main character in a tragedy | tragic hero |
| an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal | utopia |
| is an "evil" character in a story | villian |
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