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What is Verbal Irony
this is a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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what is Third Person Objective
Like a camera, narrator reports only what can be seen and heard; no thoughts of characters are given except as spoken.
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what is Iambic Pentameter
common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
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what is Theme
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition
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what is Rhyme Scheme
the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc.
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what is Dramatic Irony
irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama
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what is Antagonist
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
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what is Figurative Language
speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
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what is Myth
a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
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what is Biography
a written account of another person's life
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what is Situational Irony
an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
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what is Protagonist
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
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what is Literal Language
a distinction in traditional systems for analyzing language
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what is Fable
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
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what is Free Verse Poem
a form of poetry which refrains from meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern
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what is First Person Narrative
a narrative mode where a story is narrated by only one character at a time
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what is Dialogue
conversation between two or more persons
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what is Genre
class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique.
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what is Narrator
to give an account or tell the story
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what is Climax
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination
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what is Third Person Omniscient
narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story
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what is Couplet
a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
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what is Motif
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
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what is Rhyme
identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse
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what is Conflict
to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash.