| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Blank Verse | iambic pentameter |
| Epic | long narrative poem |
| Cliché | an overused term |
| Conceit | an exaggerate metaphor |
| Elegy | poem about death |
| Criticism | an opinion, evolution of work |
| Dramatic Monologue | speaking to yourself |
| Epitaph | writing on a tombstone |
| Alliteration | same sound, same consonance |
| Lyric | poem expressing emotion |
| Ode | a praise in a song |
| Sonnet | 14 line, iambic pentameter |
| Kenning | 2 words that make an unknown 3rd word |
| Ceasura | pause |
| Analogy | comparison |
| Foreshadowing | hinting at future events |
| Heroic Couplet | 2 lines of rhymed poetry |
| In Medias res | beginning of things (action) |
| Neoclassicism | revival of generic, romantic poetry |
| Pastoral | going back to country |
| Satire | writing mock comment |
| Apochrophyll | of doubtful authority |
| Epigram | short, witty clever sayings |
| Poetic license | author changing for effect |
| Soliloquy | person says thoughts, alone on stage |
| Theme | topic, central idea |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| Iambic pentameter | unstressed, stress, x5 lines |
| Tragedy | work where protagonist fails |
| Irony | discrepancy between real & apparent |
| Aside | saying something to the side to audience, unbeknownst to the other actors |
| Apostrophe | talking to inanimate or abstract object |
| Veri similitude | appearance of truth |
| Exemplum | tale that gives moral lesion (Canterbury tales) |
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