12th Grade British Literature Vocabulary

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Allegory

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story with characters or events symbolizing deeper meanings or moral lessons

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Soliloquy

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speech in a play where a character speaks thoughts aloud, usually alone

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Satire

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technique using humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize or expose

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Iambic Pentameter

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line of verse with five metrical feet, each foot an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable

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Metaphysical Poetry

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characterized by intellectual playfulness, paradoxes, and complex imagery

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Personification

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literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or ideas

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Alliteration

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repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words

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Irony

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literary device where the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning

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Foreshadowing

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hint or clue about what will happen later in a story

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Onomatopoeia

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word that imitates the natural sound of a thing