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| One of the events (usually minor) that make up the events of the play |
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| The event or inciting force or challenge in a play that introduces the conflict |
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| The way in which epics usually start; in the middle of things |
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| Rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line |
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| Insinuation or indirect situation, often with sinister connotation |
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| Figure in which implied meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| Ode in which each stanza has a different shape |
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| Italian or Petrarchan sonnet |
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| Poem of 14 lines, rhyming abba, abba//cdc cdc. The first stanza is an octet and the second stanza is a sestet |
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| Five-line comic verse rhyming aabba; the first, second, and fifth lines are trimeter and the third and fourth dimeter |
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| Form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what they say |
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| Ballad intended to be read, rather than sung |
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| Speech, dress, mannerisms indicative of a specific region |
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| In contrast to high comedy, this creates down-to-earth humor by means of (slapstick) or ridiculous action |
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| Street language; simple or vulgar words |
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| Type of poem characterized by brevity, compression, and expression of feeling; often written in first person |
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| Stressed syllable at the end of a line |
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