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| a narrative having a second meaning beneath the surface |
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| A Gaelic maker and signer of poems |
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| A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (Or unstressed and one long |
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| Shakespeare's plays were written mostly in in iambic pentameter which is most common type of meter in english poetry. It is the basic measure of English poetry, five iambic feeyt in each line |
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| Blank verse is an unrhymed iambic pentameter which is a type of meter in poetry, in which there are 5 iambic feet in each line |
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| Shakespeares sonnets usually end in a couplet and are a pair of lines that rae the same lenght and usually rhyme and form a complete thought |
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Dialect refers to pronunciation of a particular region of a country or region
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| 2 or more syllabolsn together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. For example, an iamb is a foot that has 2 syllables, one unstressed followed by one stressed. An anapest has threee syllables, 2 unstressed followed by one stressed |
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| a stanza or poem with 4 lines |
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| A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout the poem, usually after every stanza |
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| English (or Shakespearean) sonnets aree lyric poems that are 14 lines long falling into three coordinate quartains and concluding couplet. Italian sonnets are divided into 2 quartains and 6- line sonnets |
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| A concise statement designed to make a point illustrate a commonly held belief. The early writtings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorims |
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| A literary style used to make fun of or redicule an idea or human voice or weakness |
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| A novel or story whos theme is moral or psychological growth of the main character |
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| A piece of writing in praise of a dead person |
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| A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subjects |
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| An imaginary place or ideal perfection. The opposite of dystopia- an imaginary place where people live dehumanized |
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| Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time |
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| Ghostly counterpart of a living person |
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| In dramtic literatur, the moral element that determines the characters actions |
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| Intended for teaching or to teach a moral or lesson |
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| Ordinary Language, the vernacular |
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| Pertaining to the value of art for its own sake or for form |
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| The [rotagonist of a story or novel which does not present traditional qualities of a hero |
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| Purification or cleansing of the spirit throught the emotions of pity or guilt |
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| Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or morally wrong |
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| The reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn from set of premises and contains no more facts |
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| The repetition or 2 or more consnants with a change in the interviewing vowels |
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| The way words are put together to create a sentance |
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| The works of an author that have been accepted as authentic |
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