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What is a type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung or recited
Ballad
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What is verbal irony
In Beauty and the Beast, Belle tells Gaston, "I just don't deserve you!" when, in reality, Gaston does not deserve Belle.
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What is repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, within lines or close lines
Assonance
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What is secondary sources
newspaper and magazine articles; encyclopedias, books that interpret events.
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What is comparison of two unlike things over several comparisons
Extended metaphor
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What is rising action
Katniss volunteered to go into the game instead of her sister.
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What is a rhymed pair of lines
Couplet
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What is parodies
songs to mostly make fun of the lyrics or the music video.
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What is an extended meditative poem in which the speaker reflects on death (often in tribute to a person who has died recently) or on an equally serious subjectÂ
Elegy
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What is narrative nonfiction
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is nonfiction but reads like fiction
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