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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"
"iod"
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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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