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- "You will be presented with the definition of a literary term. You"
- "must pick the correct term. If you are using Socratic Quiz, remember that"
- "the first letter of each term is capitalized."
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- "Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imi"
- "tate the poem's subject"
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- "Concrete"
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- "Poetry that makes frank, explicit use of incidents in the poet's life"
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- "Confessional"
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- "The repetition of similar non-vowel sounds in a group of words"
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- "Consonance"
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- "A narrative poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose re"
- "plies are not given in the poem"
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- "Dramatic Monologue"
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- "A narrative poem in which one or more characters speak"
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- "Dramatic"
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- "A poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual"
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- "Elegy"
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- "A line of verse with a pause at the end, often signaled by a comma, dash, or per"
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- "End-stopped Line"
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- "A quotation or motto at the beginning of a chapter, book, short story, or poem t"
- "hat makes some point about the work"
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- "Epigraph"
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- "A word or expression that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense"
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- "Figure of Speech"
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- "Writing that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense"
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- "Figurative Language"
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- "A scene in a novel, short story, etc., that interrupts the action to show an eve"
- "nt that happened earlier"
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- "Flashback"
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- "A character who sets off another character by contrast"
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- "Foil"
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- "The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come"
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- "Foreshadowing"
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- "The structure and organization of a literary work, as distinct from its content,"
- " which is what the work is about"
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- "Form"
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- "A Japanese verse form consisting of three lines and seventeen syllables"
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- "Haiku"
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- "A flowering of black writing, art, and music in the 1920's"
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- "Harlem Renaissance"
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- "A figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement, for special effect"
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- "Hyperbole"
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- "A movement in American and English poetry begun in 1912 by the American poet Ezr"
- "a Pound"
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- "Imagism"
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- "The joining of opposites to create an unexpected situation"
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- "Incongruity"
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- "Writing in which a writer or speaker says one thing and means something entirely"
- " different"
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- "Verbal Irony"
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- "Writing in which a reader or an audience perceives something that a character in"
- " the story or play does not know"
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- "Dramatic Irony"
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- "Writing in which a discrepancy is shown between the expected result of some acti"
- "on or situation and its actual result"
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- "Irony of Situation"
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- "A comparison that has become so commonplace that it seems literal rather than fi"
- "gurative"
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- "Dead Metaphor"
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- "The use of two or more inconsistent comparisons in one expression"
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- "Mixed Metaphor"
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- "A figure of speech in which something very closely associated with a thing is us"
- "ed to stand for or suggest the thing itself"
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- "Metonymy"
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- "A story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, "
- "that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world"
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- "Myth"
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- "A body of related writings that tells a people where it came from, who its gods "
- "are, what its most sacred rituals are, and what its destiny is"
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- "Mythology"
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- "A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms as in "
- "'sweet sorrow','wise fool','living death',etc."
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- "Oxymoron"
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- "The humorous imitation of a work of literature, art, or music "
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- "Parody"
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- "The central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem"
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- "Protagonist"
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- "A pattern which grows naturally out of the thoughts and feelings expressed in so"
- "me free verse"
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- "Organic Rhythm"
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- "A line of poetry that has no pause at its end"
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- "Run-on Line"
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- "Originally a Scandinavian or Icelandic prose narrative of the Middle Ages about "
- "the life and exploits of a great king or warrior"
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- "Saga"
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- "Writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weaknesses and wrongdoings of "
- "individuals, groups, etc."
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- "Satire"
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- "A figure of speech in which part of a thing is used to stand for or suggest the "
- "whole"
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- "Synecdoche"
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