World Literature Vocab Review

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A subdivision in a long poem, similar to a chapter in a book.

The reasons that compel a character to act as he or she does.

An epic's larger-than-life main character whose mighty deeds reflect the values admired by the society that created the epic.

In literature, a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that recurs in a work or several works.

The uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in a story.

An interlocking, three-line stanza form with the rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc ded, and so on.

A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines.

A reference to a statement, person, place, event or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myths, or politics.