English Vocab (absurd - catharsis)

a type of drama, allied to comedy, radically non-realistic in both content and presentation, that emphasizes the absurdity, emptiness, or meaningliness of life

the same as "stress", a syllable given more prominence in pronunciation than its neighbors

narrative or description that has a second meaning beneath the surface, the ulterior meanings belong to a pre-existing system

• repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sounds of accented syllables
• (map-moon, kill-code, preach-approve)

reference to something in previous literature or history

• metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables, followed by an accented on 
• (un-der-stand)

meter in which a majority of the feet are anapests

repetition of an opening word or phrase in a series of lines

• any force in a story that is in conflict with the protagonist
• not always another person

figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present

words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes

condition of a successful literary work whereby all of its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose

brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience

• repetition at close intervals of the vowel sounds of accented syllables or important words 
• (hat-ran-amber)

• poem about dawn
• morning love song
• poem about the parting of lovers at dawn

fairly sort narrative poem written in a songlike stanza form

unrhymed iambic pentameter

harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

speech pause occurring within a line

term used by aristotle to describe some sort of emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy