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  2. Counterpoint - Wikipedia

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    Example of a double passing tone in which the two middle notes are a dissonant interval from the cantus firmus, a fourth and a diminished fifth Example of a descending double neighbor figure against a cantus firmus Example of an ascending double neighbor figure (with an interesting tritone leap at the end) against a cantus firmus

  3. Contrast (literary) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Oxford Dictionary, contrast is comparing two things in order to show the differences between them. It is common in many works of Literature. For example, in The Pearl by John Steinbeck, a clear contrast is drawn between the Lower Class and the Upper Class residents of the society presented in the text.

  4. Point Counter Point - Wikipedia

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    First US edition (publ. Doubleday, Doran) Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. [1] It is Huxley's longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction.

  5. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  6. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.

  7. Medieval debate poetry - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, Jr. Thomas L. Reed in Medieval English Debate Poetry (1990) asserts that the teaching of debate skills in Medieval English education system created a debate culture in the society; thus, “the shared educational and social experience of debate poetry’s authors and audience informed their expectations for and appreciation of the ...

  8. Cambiata - Wikipedia

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    Cambiata, or nota cambiata (Italian for changed note), has a number of different and related meanings in music.Generally it refers to a pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in ...

  9. Canon (music) - Wikipedia

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    Example of a canon in three voices at the unison sung with a text of a German poem, four beats apart. In music , a canon is a contrapuntal ( counterpoint -based) compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure, etc.).