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| show | story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
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| alliteration | show 🗑
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| show | reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.).
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| show | deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and
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| analogy | show 🗑
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| show | Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent
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| show | Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual
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| antagonist | show 🗑
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| show | Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. He or she may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples
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| show | In literature, an archetype is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.
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| assonance | show 🗑
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| indirect characterization | show 🗑
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| show | the author tells us directly what the
character is like: sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form.
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| show | is one who does not change much in the course of a
story.
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| dynamic character | show 🗑
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| cliche | show 🗑
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| show | in general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character or characters.
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| connotation | show 🗑
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| denotation | show 🗑
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| show | two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
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| dialect | show 🗑
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| diction | show 🗑
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| show | a long narrative poem, written in heightened language , which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
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| epithet | show 🗑
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| essay | show 🗑
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| fable | show 🗑
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| farce | show 🗑
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| show | Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe
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| flashback | show 🗑
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| show | A character who acts as contrast to another character
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| show | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
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| free verse | show 🗑
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| show | a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect. “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times….”
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| imagery | show 🗑
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| verbal irony | show 🗑
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| situational irony | show 🗑
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| show | A character in the play or story thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better
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| juxtaposition | show 🗑
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| show | a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker.
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| show | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the
use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles
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| mood | show 🗑
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| show | recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme
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| motivation | show 🗑
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| show | the use of words whose sounds echo their sense. “Pop.” “Zap.”
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| oxymoron | show 🗑
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| show | a relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life
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| show | a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth
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| parallel structure | show 🗑
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| parody | show 🗑
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| show | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
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| show | one of the characters tells the story
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| omniscient point of view | show 🗑
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| show | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.
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| show | the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action
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| show | a “play on words” based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things.
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| quatrain | show 🗑
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| refrain | show 🗑
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| rhythm | show 🗑
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| rhetoric | show 🗑
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| show | a question asked for an effect, and not actually requiring an answer
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| show | a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change.
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| show | a figure of speech that makes an explicitly comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as , than, or resembles.
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| soliloquy | show 🗑
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| show | the distinctive way in which a writer uses language: a writer’s distinctive use of diction, tone, and syntax.
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| suspense | show 🗑
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| symbol | show 🗑
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| show | the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work
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| tone | show 🗑
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