Literary Terms 9

pattern of rhymed sounds in poetry

reccurences of stressed and unstressed syllables , similar to meter

saying the opposite of what you mean, in a mean way

literature that ridicules the subject of the work

short fictional narrative

outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected

character is alone and gives a speech in a drama

a lyric poem of 14 lines with fixed rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG

major subdivision of a poem

generalization about a group of people

expressive qualities that distinguish an author's work