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Brit Lit Midterm Quizlet

Terms in this set (54)

Allitertion
the repetition of sounds, particular consonant sounds, i a sequence of words.
allegory
a narrative presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means.
allusion
an indirect reference to a person,event statement or theme found in literature, the other arts,history,myths,religion or popular culture.
anti-hero
a protagonist who does not show the qualities of the traditional hero.
archetype
persistent images, figures of story patterns shared by people across cultures.
caesura
a pause in a line of poetry dictated by natural rhythm.
end stop
a line of poetry in which a grammatical pause and the physical end of the line coincide.
enjambment
a poetic expression that spans more than one line. a run on line of poetry.
epic
a long and formal narrative poem written in an elevated style that tells the adventures of a hero of almost mythic proportions
foil
a character who, by his contrast with the main character, serves to accentuate that character's distinctive qualities or characteristics.
frame story
a story that contains other stories
hero
the protagonist or chief character or a literary work who possesses good qualities that enable him/her to triumph over evil in some way. The her's qualities may represent the values of his/her culture.
imagery
the language an author uses to show a visual picture or represent any sensory experience.
kenning
An embellished figurative phrase used in place of a simpler or more common term
metaphor
a figure of speech associating two things or the representation of one thing by another.
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