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show alliteration  
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show allusion  
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the prevading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art   show
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In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible   show
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A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas or a slow sentimental or romantic song   show
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show blank verse  
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show climax  
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A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protacted one   show
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Two lines of a verse, usually in the same mater and joined by rhyme, and that form a unit   show
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The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved   show
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show dialect  
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show dialogue  
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A character who undergoes an important and basic change in personality or outlook   show
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the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced   show
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a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral   show
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A character that is static and does not grow. One purpose of flat characters is to highlight the development of round characters. Flat characters may be one of several special types, such as stereotypes or stock characters.   show
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show foot  
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show foreshadowing  
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poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter   show
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show genre  
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show hero/heroine  
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show hyperbole  
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show lamb  
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A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result   show
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show lyric poem  
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show metaphor  
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A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification   show
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A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person   show
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A contrast or opposition between two things   show
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show bandwagon appeal  
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A list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject   show
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An account of someone's life written by someone else   show
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Used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future   show
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show connotation  
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show crisis  
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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing   show
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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another   show
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show epic  
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A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened   show
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show fiction  
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The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions   show
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A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story   show
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show gothic  
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show imagery  
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show mood  
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show name-calling  
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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view   show
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show narritive  
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show nemesis  
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an account, narrative, or representation of a subject which an author presents as fact   show
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show paradox  
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A quality that evokes pity or sadness   show
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show personification  
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3.The position from which something or someone is observed   show
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show meter  
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show onomatopoeia  
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conjoining contradictory terms   show
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1.A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet   show
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the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc   show
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show plot  
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show protagonist  
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correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines   show
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1.The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse   show
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show rhythm  
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is depicted with such psychological depth and detail that he or she seems like a "real" person   show
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the context and environment in which something is set   show
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Things happen to such a character without things happening within   show
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an introduction to a play   show
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a humorous play on words   show
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witty language used to convey insults or scorn   show
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds   show
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A type of irony emphasizing that human beings are enmeshed in forces beyond their comprehension and control.   show
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show stage directions  
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A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow   show
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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities   show
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3.A long essay or dissertation involving personal research   show
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show tone  
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the main character in a tragedy   show
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an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal   show
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show villian  
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