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| a pause within a line of poetry that contributes to the rhythm of the line |
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| those works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces' of literature |
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| the latin phrase meaning "seize the day" |
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| meaning "purgation", _______ describes the release of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy. |
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| character, characterization |
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| a person presented in a dramatic or narrative work, and _______ is the process by which a writes makes that _____ seem real to the reader |
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| in Greek tragedies, a group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters and events |
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| an idea or expression that has become tired and trite from overuse, its freshness and clarity having been worn off |
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| the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative |
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| a play that is written to be read rather than performed onstage |
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| refers to a type of informational diction that reflects casual, conversational language and often includes slang expressions |
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| a work intended to interest, involve, and amuse the reader or audience, in which no terrible disaster occurs and that ends happily for the main characters |
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| generally associated with physical action and is less intellectual |
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| involves a love affair that meets with various obstacles, but overcomes them to end in a blissful union |
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| a humorous scene or incident that alleviates tension in an otherwise serious work. |
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| the struggle within the plot between opposing forces |
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| associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word, which derive from how the word has been commonly used and the associations people make with it |
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| a common type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds |
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| a setting, character, action, object, name, or anything else in a work that maintains its literal significance while suggesting other meanings |
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| runs throughout an entire work and determines the form or nature of that work |
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| a characteristic of a literary genre (often unrealistic) that is understood and accepted by audiences because it has come, through usage and time, to be recognized as a familiar technique |
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| person, object, image word, or event that evokes a range of additional meanings that are widely recognized by a society or culture |
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| occurs when a writer uses God, destiny, or fate to dash the hopes and expectations of a character or of humankind in general |
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