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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 couplet | a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines |
| assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| figurative language | Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification. |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| Arete | a feeling of excessive pride in oneself |
| Hubris | overbearing pride or presumption (same as Arete) |
| ate | excessive pride(Arete,Hubris) |
| simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| tone | specific atmosphere or mood of a work |
| iambic pentameter | stressed and unstressed syllables, a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable |
| speaker | someone who reads the story |
| realism | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| mood | emotional atmosphere of a work of a literature |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| point of view | the perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient) {who is telling the story} |
| free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| meter | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time |
| stereotype | An exaggerated description applied to every person in some category |
| dialogue | a conversation between two persons |
| satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else. |
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