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Literary terms

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AllegoryA story where characters or settings represent moral ideas
AlliterationRepetition of consonant sound
AllusionReference to a work or item outside of story
AssonanceRepetition of a vowel
Blank verseUrn hymned iambic pentameter
ConceitAn extended metphor
CoupletTwo rhyming lines of poetry
Extended metaphorA repeated metaphor
Folk taleTraditional story meant to tell a story
Gothic taleA story with creepy setting , supernatural characters
HyperboleA strong exaggeration
Iambic pentameterA pattern of unstressed and stashed syllables, dating a. Total of ten syllables
ImageryPutting I age in the readers mind
InversionInverted syntax
Irony( verbal,dramatic, and situational)What is said or expected is different fm what happened
MetaphorComparison without like as or then
MeterThe rhythmic pattern of a poem
ParadoxContradictory statement
Rhyme(internal,end)Words that sound alike
RomanticismLiterary genre were emotion is stressed and untamed nature
SatireA work that criticizes society
SimileComparison the uses like as or then
StereotypeA stock character
SymbolWhen an object posses higher meaning



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