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25 Cards in this Set
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Caesura |
pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often marked by punctuation |
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Canon |
works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied |
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Caricature |
grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things |
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Carpe Diem |
literally, seize the day, a phrase applicable to many lyric poems advocating lustful living |
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Catharsis |
in classical tragedy, the purging of pity and fear experienced by the audience at the end of the play |
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Classic |
highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time |
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Classical, Classicism |
deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint |
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Climax |
point toward which the action of a plot builds as the conflicts become increasingly intense or complex; the turning point |
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Coming-of-age-story |
tale in which a young protagonist experiences a introduction to adulthood |
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Conceit |
highly imaginative, often startling, figure of speech drawing an analogy between two unlike things in an ingenious way |
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Connotation |
associations that attach themselves to many words, deeply affecting their literal meanings |
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Couplet |
two rhymed lines of poetry |
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Denotation |
literal dictionary meaning of a word |
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Dénouement |
the “untying”; the resolution of the conflicts following the climax of a plot |
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Deus ex Machina |
the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem |
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Diction |
words chosen in writing or speaking |
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Dionysian |
word refers to sensual, pleasure seeking imulses |
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Dramatic Irony |
circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about the situation than the charicter |
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Elegy |
poem commemorating someone’s death but usually encompassing a |
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Ellipsis |
three periods, the omisiision of words in a qutation |
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Elliptical Construction |
sentence containing a deliberate omission of words |
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Empathy |
emotional identification that a reader or an audience feels with a character |
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End-stopped |
term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of puctuation |
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Enjambment |
the use of successive lines with no punctuation between them |
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Consonace |
repetition of the same consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds |