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Lit Terms #6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| epiphany | an awakening; a sudden understanding or burst of insight |
| epitaph | en engraving on a tombstone |
| epithet | nickname or appellation |
| euphemism | substitute word that sounds better than another; the use of neutral or inoffensive words to describe a harsher, more serious concept |
| euphony | a quality of style marked by pleasing, harmonious sounds |
| existentialism | a term applied to a group of attitudes which emphasize existence rather than essence |
| exposition | the introductory material which sets the tone, gives the setting, introduces the characters, and supplies the necessary facts. |
| eye rhyme | a form of rhyme wherein the look rather than the sounds is important; usually appears at the end of successive lines of poetry (tough, cough) |
| fable | a story written to make a moral point, suing animals as characters |
| fairy tale | a fictional tale, marked by fantasy and magic, often appealing to the imagination |
| falling action | everything that happens in a plot between the climax or crisis and the denouncement |
| false dichotomy | two extremes in a continuum of intermediate possibilities(example: either you love your country or you hate it.) |
| fantasy | imaginative writing; writing in which the author breaks from reality |
| farce | totally ridiculous comedy |
| feminine rhyme | double rhyme (two syllables: consenting/resenting. Three syllables pollution/solution. |
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