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A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
What is Stanza
100
A combination of contradictory terms.
What is Oxymoron.
100
The Greek word "pride" This is often a major weakness in a tragic hero
What is hubris.
100
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
What is alliteration.
100
A brief reference to a person, pace, thing, event, or idea in history or literature.
What is Allusion.
200
the major types (categories) of literature
What is Genre.
200
A mild word of phrase which substitutes for another more offensive word
What is Euphemism
200
Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
What is Rhyme.
200
Something or someone that is not correct in historical or chronological time.
What is Anachronism.
200
a dictionary meaning of a word.
What is Denotation.
300
A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true.
What is Hyperbole.
300
Associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word.
What is Connotation.
300
A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman.
What is Apostrophe.
300
Characters who embody universal meanings; they're seen repeatedly in literature
What is archetype
300
A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play.
What is Aside.
400
A situation or statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not.
What is Paradox.
400
An emotional release.
What is Catharsis.
400
A figurative work in which a surface narrative carries a secondary, symbolic or metaphorical meaning.
What is Allegory.
400
The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance.
What is Parallelism.
400
The part of the story or drama which occurs after the climax and which establishes a new norm.
What is Resolution.
500
The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is Syntax
500
A fourteen line poem, usually in iambic pentameter
What is a Sonnet
500
A dramatic convention by means of which a character, alone onstage, utters his or her thoughts aloud
What is Solioquy.
500
The literary art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it.
What is Satire.
500
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
What is Parody.