accental/sylabic verse– verse whose matter is determined by

the number of stressed&unstressed syllable, organized into

feetanapaest a metrical foot used in formal poetry, it consists
of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
Antithesis Juxtaposition of two words, phrases, clauses, or
sentences contrasted or opposed in meaning in such a way as
to give emphasis to contrasting ideas. archetype An original
model or pattern from which other later copies are made,
especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to
represent common patterns of human life.burlesque - is a
humorous theatrical entertainment involving parody and
sometimes grotesque exaggerationclimax The decisive
moment in a drama, turning point of the play to which the
rising action leads; determines the outcome of the
conflictconceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic
that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.complication
or rising action; Intensification of conflictcrisis - Turning
point; moment of great tension that fixes the actiondactyl a
type of foot in meter in poetry, a stressed syllable followed
by two unstressed syllables decorum designates the
appropriateness of style to subject.denouement -The way the
story turns outdirge is a somber song expressing mourning or
griefdoggerel - derogatory term for verse considered of little
literary value; bady created, trivialelegy mournful,
melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a
lament for the dead exposition In drama the presentation of
essential information regarding what has occurred prior to the
beginning of the playfarce A type of comedy based on a
humorous situationfeminine rhyme matches two or more
syllables; at the end of respective lines, the final syllable is
unstressed. figurative languageIn literature, a way of saying
one thing and meaning something elsefigures of speech An
example of figurative language that states something that is
not literally true in order to create an effectflaw a feature that
mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:some kind of
weaknessgenre"kind" or "sort", is a loose set of criteria for a
category of composition; used to categorize
literaturehamartia the Greek word for error or failure, used
to designate the false step that leads to the downfall.hubris
extreme haughtiness or arrogance; indicates being out of
touch with reality and overestimating one's own competence
or capabilities, especially for people in positions of power4
humorous blood – sanguine; phlegm – phlegmatic; yellow
bile - droleric; black bile – melancholicimageryword or
group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or
more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and
smellinterludecomic relief break between acts in
tragedyJeremiad A tale of woe; a sustained complaint; a
prolonged railing against the world, the times, the estate of
man and God. limerick a five-line poem in anapestic or
amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (aabba),
which intends to be witty or humorous, and is sometimes
obscene with humorous intent Literary convention:a
practice or device which is accepted as a necessary, useful, or
given feature of a genre masque involved music and dancing,
singing and acting, within an elaborate stage
design;masculine rhyme a rhyme that matches only one
syllable, usually at the end of respective lines; the final
syllable is stressed melodrama dramatic work which
exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the
emotionsmetonymy figure of speech used in rhetoric in
which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but
by the name of something intimately associated with that
thing or concept. Mimesis the act of resembling, the act of
expression, and the presentation of the self. mise-en-scene
describe the design aspects of a theatre or film production,
which essentially means "telling a story"; literally-to put on
stagemoral the lesson to be lernt from a poem,
fableobjective correlative referring to a symbolic article
used to provide explicit, rather than implicit, access to such
traditionally inexplicable concepts as emotion or
colourpalimpsest manuscript that has been written on more
than once surfice, with the earlier writing incompletely erased
and often legible; 4 levels of meaningParadox statement that
is apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really contains
a possible truthparodyliterary work that imitates the style of
another literary workpoetic licence – freedom to do whatever
you want with the languagepurple path – term now donates
an ornate or over-written piece of writing which is
incongruousresolution point in a drama to which the entire
play has been leading; the logical outcome of everything that
has come before itsatireliterary composition, in verse or
prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn,
derision, or ridicule; use irony, sarcasm,
ridiculeslapstick(Flip & Flap) type of comedy involving
exaggerated violence and activities which exceed the
boundaries of common sensesolecism double negative,
deliberate mistake; something perceived as a grammatical
mistake or absurditystichomythia technique in verse drama
in which single alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to
alternating characterssublimequality of greatness or vast
magnitude; refers to a greatness with which nothing else can
be compared and which is beyond all possibility of
calculation, measurement or imitationsynecdoche figure of
speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for
a part tragic hero character who makes an error of judgment
or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external
forces, brings on a tragedy theater of the absurd form of
drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by
employing disjointed, repetitious trochee/trochaic a metrical
foot used in formal poetry consisting of a stressed syllable
followed by an unstressed oneverisimilitude Likeness to the
truth, and therefore the appearance of being true or real even
when fantastic. verism The doctrine that literature or art
should represent the truth, however disagreeable that truth
might be.verse paragraphs(p.Lost) stanzas with no regular
number of lines or groups of lines that make up units of
sense;usually separated by blank lineswitusing unexpected
associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas
to make a clever humorous effect
FABLE: A brief story illustrating human tendencies through animal characters, often include talking animals or animated
objects as the principal characters. The interaction of these animals or objects reveals general truths about human nature, i.e., a
person can learn practical lessons from the fictional antics in a fable
exemplum a short narrative or reference that serves to teach by way of example--especially a short story embedded in a longer
sermon. An exemplum teaches by providing an exemplar, a model of behavior that the reader should imitate, or by providing an
example of bad behavior that the reader should avoid. In medieval argumentation, a writer might use biblical stories and
historical allusions as exempla.
PARABLE A story or short narrative designed to reveal allegorically some religious principle, moral lesson, psychological
reality, or general truth.
HYPERBOLE: the trope of exaggeration or overstatement
litotes a figure of speech in which a certain statement is expressed by denying its opposite. For example, rather than merely
saying that a person is attractive (or even very attractive), one might say they are "not unattractive"
Metaphor: Use of a word or phrase denoting one kind of idea or object in place of another word or phrase for the purpose of
suggesting a likeness between the two.
apostrophe is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an
imaginary person or abstract quality or idea.
onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes, include animal noises, such as
"oink" or "meow" or "roar".
Iamb metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable or a short syllable followed by a long
syllable, as in delay.
Iambic pentameter The most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on
every second beat
Iambic tetrameter is a meter in poetry. It refers to a line consisting of four iambic feet. The word "tetrameter" simply
means that there are four feet in the line; iambic tetrameter is a line comprising four iambs.
Iambic trimeter is a meter consisting of three iambic units per line. (2dimeter; 6hexameter)
quatrain is a stanza consisting of four lines
lament poem expressing grief, regret, or mourning.
Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem about nature. It has a very special pattern made up of seventeen syllables: line 1-five
syllables, line 2-7 & 3-5
couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.
internal rhyme is rhyme that occurs in a single line of verse.
eye rhyme similarity in spelling between words that are pronounced differently and hence, not an auditory rhyme (move love)
oblique rhyme(slant) rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical (shift-shaft)
catharsis the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy
deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the
contrived and unexpected intervention of some new character, ability, or object
Ode is a poem praising and glorifing a person, place or thing
allegory – several meanings
soliloquy - In drama, a moment when a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud
aside - A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other
characters in the play(dialogi na boku)
repartee – cięta riposta a rapid and witty response in conversation; The term may also be applied to a person's talent for
making witty replies.
pun - A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time
blank verse - A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
free verse - Unrhymed Poetry with lines of varying lengths, and containing no specific metrical pat tern (free from regular
matter)
emblem – symbol