CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Li 2024

Accentual meter - stressed rythmic structure of poetic lines Agon - "struggle" portagonist/antagonist a formal debate (comedy) Alexandrine - 12 syllable line written in iambic hexameter Allegorical - a narrative that is an extended metaphor the elements of the narrative carry significance on a literal and a figurative level alliteration - repetition of initial consonants in consecutive words or in words close to each other allusion - a reference to a person,place, or thing from another literary work or from history anapest - metrical foot used in poetry consisting of two short syllables followed by a long syllable each line has three syllables (two unstressed and one stressed) antagonist - the one who struggles against the protagonist -can be an individual or an obstacle or a challenge apostrophe - direct adress to someone or something that is not present, such as an imaginary person or an abstract quality ie Oh love if only you would arise argumentative - describes writing that establishes a position and supports it with evidence assonance - repetition of vowel sounds more common in verse than prose aubade - a morning love song opposite of a serenade a song to a sleeping woman also refers to a song evoking daybreak ballad - a narrative folk song or a narrative set to music ballad stanza - a four line stanza consisting of alternating four and three stress lines 8 and 6 beat -the second and fourth lies rhyme (abcb) bathos - abruspt change in style going from exalted to mundane, producing a ludicrous effect blank verse - unrythmed iambic pentameter caesura - a complete pause in a line of poetry usually right in the middle catastrophe - final resolution in a poem or narrative that unravels the plot and concludes the work the misfortune experienced by the tragic hero catharsis - "cleansing" "purging" in a tragedy, the moment for purging or relieving of emotions for the audience