An element of artistry in which two things are set up in opposition to one another.

A story, written in prose or poetry, that strongly expresses the characteristics of the romantic mode.

1) A stanza composed of two lines, or 2) a rhyme scheme in which one line rhymes with the one immediately
after it.

A device of artistic contrast, usually involving inversion and incongruity.

A plot device whereby the author hints at a future outcome but does not fully reveal it.

A type of shorter romance, written in poetry, and typically based on Arthurian legend.

A group of lines that can be recognized as a separate unit in a poem.

A type of irony whereby some event occurs, or some character acts, in a way that is unexpected
(incongruity) or is the opposite of what would seem suitable or ideal (inversion).

A unit for measuring meter, usually consisting of one heavily accented syllable and one or more
lightly accented syllables, in various patterns.

A type of irony whereby what a speaker or a character says does not match reality (incongruity) or is
the opposite of what the character means (inversion).

A literary device whereby goodness succeeds or is rewarded, and evil fails or is punished, in appropriate
ways.

An arrangement whereby there is more than one stanza, set off by spaces, in a poem.

A kind of story told to, and usually invented by, the ordinary folk of a community

A line of verse composed of five metrical feet.

Repetition of the initial sound of words in a line or lines of verse.

Similar or same sounding syllables occurring at the end of two different words.

Any element in a work of literature that, in addition to its basic meaning or role in that work, also stands
for something more.

A metrical foot consisting of one lightly accented syllable followed by one heavily accented syllable.

A literary technique used to introduce and provide a framework for a story, usually by enveloping it in
another story.

A mode in which the purpose is to declare aloud deep feelings and/or deeply-held beliefs, most often
those of lament or love.

A pattern of rhymes that occurs throughout a stanza or poem.

An artistic element which occurs when two things in a literary work correspond to each
other in size and/or form and/or arrangement.

A metrical line composed of five iambic feet.

An element of artistry in which two or more parts are different from each other and yet are unified
in some way.

A type of irony in which a speaker or character finds himself in a situation that is incongruous
or is the inversion of what would be suitable or ideal.