Lit Terms | 51-75 | Niccum

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Free Verse
Unrhymed poetry which follows no uniform meter.
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Genre
The distinct types of categories into which literary works are grouped according to form or technique.
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Grotesque
The merging of the cosmic and the tragic, often featuring physically or spiritually deformed characters.
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Heroic Couplet
A pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines.
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Hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses conscious exaggeration without the intent of literal persuasion.
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Hypotaxis
A stylistic pattern where clauses are subordinated and dependent on one another.
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Imagery
The representation in poetry of sensory experience appealing to the senses.
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Innuendo
An insinuation or indirect suggestion with often sinister connotations.
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Internal Rhyme
Rhyme occurring within a line of poetry.
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Irony
A situation involving incongruity between actual meaning and suggestion of another meaning.
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Jargon
Language full of indirect expressions and long words; the technical vocabulary of specific groups.
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Juxtaposition
The placement of two images or symbols close together for comparison or contrast.
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Metaphor
A figure of speech making a comparison between two dissimilar things.
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Meter
The recurrence of rhythmic pattern in poetry.
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Mood
A state or quality of feeling at a particular time.
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Motif
A recurring feature that contributes to the theme of a piece of literature.
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds, suggesting their meaning.
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Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory but proves valid upon closer inspection.
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Parallelism
A structural arrangement in writing that presents coordinated ideas similarly.
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Parataxis
A composition pattern where clauses are equally weighted without subordination.
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Persona
The mask that covers the author's direct voice, allowing indirect expression.
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Personification
The endowment of human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects.
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Point of View
The perspective from which a story is told.
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Polysyndeton
An overabundance of coordinating conjunctions in writing.
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Protagonist
The chief character in a piece of literature.