Quizlet English Final 2

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  1. Allegory: characters, events, settings that represent abstract qualities or ideas
  2. Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words
  3. Allusion: an indirect reference to a famous literary work or event
  4. Antagonist: a character or force in conflict with the main character
  5. Aphorism: a general truth or observation about life
  6. Aside: a speech delivered to the audience so that others supposedly don't hear
  7. Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
  8. Ballad: songlike poem that tells a story
  9. Blank verse: unrhymed, iambic pentameter – 5 meters. Every line is 10 beats
  10. Caesura: a pause or break in the middle of a line of poetry
  11. Climax: high point of interest or action in a literary work
  12. Conceit: an ingenious or complex metaphor
  13. Consonance: repetition of consonant sounds at the ends or words in a series
  14. Elegy: a sad or mournful poem
  15. Exposition: writing or speech that explains, informs, or presents information
  16. Figurative language: writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
  17. Foreshadowing: use of clues that suggests events that have yet to occur
  18. Free verse: poetry that lacks a regular rhythmical pattern or meter (no rhyme scheme)
  19. Genre: a division or type of literature (3: poetry, prose, genre)
  20. Hyperbole: a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
  21. Irony: a contrast between what is stated and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
  22. Lyric poetry: poetry that expresses authors feelings
  23. Metaphor: figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
  24. Meter: its rhythmical pattern. # of stresses, or beats, in a line
  25. Narration: writing that tells a story
  26. Onomatopoeia: use of words that imitate sounds (buzz)
  27. Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines 2 opposing or contradictory ideas
  28. Paradox: a statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents a truth
  29. Symbolism: a person, place, or thing that has meaning in itself and also represents something larger than itself