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A story with an underlying meaning as well as a literal one
Allegory
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Used to describe poetry that satirizes the heroic style
Mock heroic
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The use of words to exploit double-meanings for humorous effects
Pun
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Literary or dramatic tool designed to create a particular effect in order to evoke a particular response from the audience or reader
Devices
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The power of arousing pity or sadness
Pathos
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The way in which words are arranged to form phrases or and sentences
Syntax
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Use of the same sound at the start of words occurring together
Alliteration
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A word of one syllable
Monosyllabic
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A stanza or poem of four lines
Quatrain
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A conversation between two or more people in a book,film or play
Dialogue
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Someone's personality as presented to others
Persona
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Artificial or exaggerated language
Rhetoric
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Indirect reference
Allusion
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A literary technique that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to their sensory reactions to external occurences
Stream of consciousness
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Recurring theme or design
Motif
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Giving human characteristics to something
Personification
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Act of repeating something
Repetition
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Recurring idea
Theme
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Having more than one possible meaning
Ambiguity
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Intended/overeager to instruct
Didactic
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Several narrators telling a story from different points of view
Multiple narrators
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A view or opinion of the situation
Perspective
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Two lines that rhyme in verse
Rhyming couplets
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An indicator of attitude, emotion or thoughts
Tone
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Ancient or out of date
Archaic
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The device of giving the viewer information that at least one character is unaware about
Dramatic Irony
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A story narrated by one character who refers to themselves in the first person
First person
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The arrangements or words to form a regular pattern or stresses
Rhythm
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A literary character who makes errors in judgement, in his or her actions, that inevitably leads to their downfall
Tragic hero
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The rhyming of vowel sounds
Assonance
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Narrative poem
Ballad
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A speech given by a character that explains their motives, feelings or actions
Dramatic monologue
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Eight lines of verse
Octave
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State of uncertainty
Suspense
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Use of ridicule to expose vice or folly
Satire
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A literary device in which the credibility of the narrator is seriously compromised
Unreliable narrator
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A type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter but no rhyme
Blank verse
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A feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work
Dramatic tension
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A third person in a play or story that has no physical being. It witnesses all events and is all knowing
Omniscient narrator
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Scenery used in a play or film
Setting
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Pause in a line of verse
Caesura
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Omission of letters or words in a sentence
Ellipsis
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The process of conveying information about a character through their actions, speech and thoughts
Characterisation
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The continuation of meaning without pause or break, from one line of poetry to the next
Enjambement
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Figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory ideas
Oxymoron
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Figure of speech comparing one thing to another using 'as' or 'like'
Simile
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Expression or idea that is no longer effective because of overuse
Cliche
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Where the characters in the narrative are distinct from the person telling the story
Third person
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A manner of speaking that is informal and uses phrases or words associated with a particular area
Colloquial
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Deliberate exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
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Also called rhythm or tempo, is a term used to describe the flow of events in an entertainment piece
Pace
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A speech made by a person while alone
Soliloquy
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Too high opinion of oneself
Conceit
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Descriptive language that evokes sensory experience
Imagery
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Phrases that would not make sense if you took the individual words literally
Idiomatic language
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A difference between what is said and what is meant
Irony
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Statement that seems self contradictory but may be true
Paradox
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A fourteen line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
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A figure of speech in which a term is applied to something it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance
Metaphor
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An exaggerated or amusing imitation of someone else's style
Parody
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When the weather or natural world reflect the mood of the writing
Pathetic Fallacy
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The process of selecting, designing, adapting to, or modifying the performance space for a play
Staging
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Manner of pronouncing words or sounds
Diction
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When something stands for or represents something beyond it
Symbolism
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Leading character in a play or story
Protagonist
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Verse of a poem
Stanza
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