Quarter 3 English Vocab

Allusion

Implied reference in literature

Ballad

narrative composition in rhythmic verse

blank verse

unrhymed verse following an internal rhythm

couplet

2 successive lines of verse

enjambment

running over a sentence from one verse/couplet to another so that closely related words fall in different line

foot

unit of measurement in poetry

free verse

unrhymed and un-metrical

iamb

metrical foot (short then long syllable)

lyric

expressing direct emotion in song

meter

systematically arranged rhythm in verse

ode

lyric poem marked by exhalation of feeling and style

quatrain

group of 4 lines of verse

sonnet

fixed verse form containing 14 lines and iambic rhyming

stanza

sets of lines grouped together in the poem (like a paragraph)

trochee

metrical for with one short stressed then unstressed syllable

foil

contrast against another (antagonist/enemy)

theme

comes from audienceto

tone

comes from author

anecdote

short narrative

concrete

actual things or events

abstract

expressing quality apart form object

rhetoric

art of speaking/writing effectively

fable

fictitious narrative

archetype

inherited idea from experiences. EX: the hero

excerpt

passage from book selected

allegory

can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

melodrama

dramatic piece with __exaggerated__ characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.

prose

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written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without __metrical__ structure.

soliloquy

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or __regardless of any__ __hearers__. Think solo

aside

a remark or passage in a play that is __intended to be heard by the audience__ but unheard by the other characters in the play.

staging

process of selecting, designing, adapting to, or modifying the performance space

verse

to be performed by an actor before an audience (theatrical) or collection of metrical lines (i.e. blank, free, rhymed)

allegory vs allusion

Allegory means interpreting hidden meaning behind a story, poem, or picture. Allusion means something that is said or written that is intended to make you think of a particular thing or person.