British literature terms: exam 1
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Diction
The actual words used in any utterance—the choice and use of words
Connotation
An idea or feeling that a word invokes
Allegory
Saying one thing and meaning another
Simile
Like or as
Metaphor
comparison without like or as
Irony
The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
Rhyme
The repetition of identical vowel sounds
Meter
Regularly occurring sound pattern
Ballad
Consists usually 3 stanzas followed by 4 line send off
Blank Verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
Heroic Couplet
An extended narrative poem
Sonnet
A variable number of units of rhymed lines to produce a fourteen-line poem
Ode
A lyric poem often addressed to a natural force, a person, or an abstract quality
Greater Romantic Lyric
An extended lyrical poem from the Romantic Period
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