Unit 3: Part 2 Literary Terms

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  1. Italian sonnet
    a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
    An Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem with a distinctive structure.
  2. Petrarchan sonnet
    a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
    An Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem with a distinctive structure.
  3. sonnet
    a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
    An Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem with a distinctive structure.
  4. epic
    a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
    An epic is a long narrative poem about a hero.
  5. tradition
    an inherited pattern of thought or action
    Tradition is a society's approved values, beliefs, roles, and practices.
  6. reform
    a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
    Reform attempts to change traditional practices and ideas.
  7. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
    A synonym is a word that has a similar meaning as another word.
  8. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
    Then, use a print or an electronic dictionary or thesaurus to find antonyms—words with the opposite meaning—of these words.
  9. misplaced modifier
    a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
    A misplaced modifier seems to modify the wrong word in a sentence because it is too far away from the word it really modifies.
  10. dangling modifier
    a word or phrase unclearly or illogically describing a noun
    A dangling modifier does not sensibly modify any word because the word it should modify does not appear in the sentence.
  11. modifier
    a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
    A dangling modifier does not sensibly modify any word because the word it should modify does not appear in the sentence.
  12. quotation
    a passage or expression that is cited
    Use an online or print collection of quotations to find a quotation containing one of the words.
  13. allegory
    a style in which characters and events are symbolic
    Used in different types of narratives, allegory is a literary form in which all the parts of a story have a symbolic meaning.
Created on Fri Oct 23 14:30:33 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Oct 27 19:00:56 EDT 2020)

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