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What is an Allegory
An __allegory___ is a simple story that represents a _extended____ __mataphore___ about society or human nature, whose different characters may represent
what is Atmosphere
The overall _feeling_ of a work, which is related to __tone___ and _mood____.
Define Contrast
to explain how _two___ things are __alike___ and how they are _different____.
Define Epic
A _long____ poem _narrating____ the adventures of a _heroic____ figure.
Define Hyperbole
A huge _exaggeration____.
What is Allusion
This is basically a reference_ to something else. It’s when a writer _mentions_ some other piece of work, or refers to an earlier part of the story.
what is Blank Verse
unrythmed____ lines of poetry
usually in _iambic____ pentameter..
Define Couplets
A _pair___ of rhyming lines in a _poem____ often set off from the rest of the _poem____.
Define First Person POV
The point of view of writing which the narrator refers to himself as “_I_.”
Define Iambic Penemeter
Ten____-syllable lines in which every other syllable is stressed.
What is Fable
fable____ is a literary device that can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a _moral____ lesson at the end.
What is Characterization
The means by which an _author____ establishes a _character____.
Define Denouement
The resolution of the conflict_ in a plot _after___ the _climax____.
Define Foreshadowing
A technique in which an author gives clues_____ about something that will happen __later___ in the story.
Define Internal Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs within__ one line such as
What is Archetype
A character who _repersents____ a certain ___type__ of person.
What is Climax
The point at which the _action____ in a story or play __reaches___ its emotional _peak____.
Define Elegy
A _poem____mourning the _dead____.
Define Free Verse
Poetry with _no__ set
_meter____ (rhythm) or
_ryhme____ scheme.
Define Imagery
The use of _description____ that helps the reader _imagine____how something __looks__, sounds, _feels____, smells, or _taste____.
What is Assonance
The repetition of__vowel___
sounds.
What is conflict
The elements that _create___ a _plot____.
Define End rhyme
rhyming____ words that are at the __ends___ of their respective _lines____—what we typically think of as normal rhyme.
Define Genre
A kind of _style____ usually art or literature. Some literary genres are _mysterious____, westerns, and _romances____.
Define Lyric
A type of _poetry____ that expresses the poet’s _emotions____.