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What is a monologue in drama
In literary terms, a monologue is a long speech spoken by a character in the presence of others, as opposed to a soliloquy, which is a long speech delivered when the speaker is alone. In acting terms, a monologue is any speech an actor uses as an audition piece to audition for a play. It can be a soliloquy if you like.
What is the definition of blank verse
poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines of
ten syllables
What is an iambic tetrameter poem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_tetrameter .... An Iamb is a
metrical foot which goes [unstressed stressed]. A tetrameter has
four of these. The best known English poem in Iambic Tetrameter is
Butler's Hudibras: 'Tis strange how some mens' tempers suit/ (Like
bawd and brandy) with dispute,/ That for their own opinions stand
last/ Only to have them claw'd and canvast;/ That keep their
consciences in cases,/ As fiddlers do their crowds and bases,/
Ne'er to be us'd, but when they're bent/ To play a fit for
argument;/ It is a good metre for satire.
What is terza rima
a form of poetry that has three-line stanzas with the rhyme scheme aba, bcb
What are some words end with the suffix cosm
macrocosm. microcosm. paracosm.
What is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a literary work
Which of these terms is defined as the basic part of a meter that consists of two or three syllables in a verse of poetry
Which of these terms is defined as a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables and one stressed syllable
Which of these terms is defined as a poem that consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
Which of these terms is defined as a pair of rhymed lines usually of the same length that form a stanza
Which of these terms is defined as the structure of a verse as identified by the process of scansion
What is the sudden realization or insight in which a character recognizes a truth or previously unknown information
Which of these terms describes a short story that teaches a moral and usually involves animal characters
Which of these terms is defined as a humorous story that is exaggerated in an extreme manner
What term is defined as the continued use of a word phrase stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Which of these sentence segments does not contain a capitalization error Maurice sendak won the caldecott award for his outstanding illustrations
Maurice Sendak won the Caldecott Award A+
Which of these terms is defined as a literary work that contains imaginary characters events and settings
Which of these is defined as expressions that describe one thing in terms of another such as in the use of personification similes or metaphors
Which of these is defined as the narrator of a story the one telling the story for the author to reveal firsthand information
What is the definition of the Latin or Greek root word Nego from reading the clues in this sentence If you negate my answer you consider it untrue
If you negate my answer, you consider it untrue. The root word, nego, means deny, refuse.
If you deny or refuse to accept my answer, you consider it untrue!
How do you use national museum in a sentence
The Smithsonian is a national museum in Washington, DC.
Which is defined as prose that describes real objects settings events and the actual experiences of individuals
Nonfiction is defined as prose that describes real objects, settings, events, and the actual experiences of individuals.
Nonfiction is defined as prose that describes real objects, settings, events, and the actual experiences of individuals.
Which of these is defined as a from of nonfiction in which the author writes about another person's life
What exactly does the hash tag symbol mean when used with words in between the
The hash tag symbol is used to highlight or stress the words in
use.
