Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter

Speech or writing that departs from the literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.

When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story.

A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story.

A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.

The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.

The metrical length of a line of poetry

Iamb

Has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed.

Has three syllables beginning with a stressed syllable; the other two are unstressed.

Has three syllables. The first two are unstressed with the third stressed.

Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot. This creates anticipation in a novel.

Type of verse that contains a variety of line lengths, is unrhymed, and lacks a traditional meter.

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by distinctive style, form, or content.