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Askew
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Undergraduate 4
03/26/2013

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Metaphor
Definition
1.A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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Allusion
Definition
an indirect or passing reference.
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Blank verse
Definition
Verse without rhyme,
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Tragic Flaw
Definition
character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
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Alliteration
Definition
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Irony
Definition
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite,
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Myth
Definition
1.A traditional story, esp.
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Griot
Definition
A member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
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Comedy
Definition
program intended to make an audience laugh
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Renaissance
Definition
1.The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
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satire
Definition
1.The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity
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Climax
Definition
The most intense, exciting, or important point of something
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Hubris
Definition
1.Excessive pride or self-confidence.
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epic
Definition
A long poem,  from oral tradition
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Couplet
Definition
Two lines of verse,
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catharsis
Definition
1.The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from,
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Enlightenment
Definition
2.The attainment of spiritual knowledge
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Lyric
Definition
the writer's emotions
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Denouement
Definition
1.The final part of a play
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Iambic pentameter
Definition
rhythm that the words establish in that line
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Theme
Definition
The subject
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personification
Definition
Giving something non human, human characteristics
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Hyperbole
Definition
claims not meant to be taken literally.
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The Globe theatre
Definition
A theater in Southwark, London, erected in 1599
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pastoral

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Definition
A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.
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Onomatopeaia
Definition
1.The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
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anti hero
Definition
a protagonist who has no heroic virtues or qualities
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plot
Definition
the events that make up a story
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setting
Definition
where the plot is taking place.
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Feminism
Definition
the fight of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
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Figurateive language
Definition
describe something by comparing it with something else
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