Set: Denotation to Heroic Couplet

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Term Definition
Denotation the literal or "dictionary" definition of a word
Connotation The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse
Couplet 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Drama a story acted out, usually on stage, by actors and actresses who take the parts of specific characters.
Epic a long narrative poem that relates the deeds of a hero.
Fiction Anything that is invented or imagined, especially a prose narrative.
Figure of Speech A term applied to a specific kind of figurative language, such as a metaphor or simile.
Flashback A scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem, that interrupts the actions to show that an event happened at an earlier time.
Character Foil A character who sets off another character's contrast.
Heroic Couplet Two consecutive lines of rhyming poetry that are written in iambic pentameter and contain a complete thought

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Creator 11caepe
Created May 21, 2008
Group 9th Grade English/Composition
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  1. Denotation → the literal or "dictionary" definition of a word - 5 misses
  2. Connotation → The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse - 5 misses
  3. Character Foil → A character who sets off another character's contrast. - 4 misses
  4. Couplet → 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme - 2 misses
  5. Fiction → Anything that is invented or imagined, especially a prose narrative. - 2 misses
  6. Heroic Couplet → Two consecutive lines of rhyming poetry that are written in iambic pentameter and contain a complete thought - 2 misses
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