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| literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
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| clever remark, terse or witty poem |
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| change in normal word order; putting the verb before the subject |
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| language families that are likely related because of similarities in grammar and vocabular |
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| plot device by which an "unsolvable problem" is colved through unexpected intervention by a new character or ability |
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| humor based on exaggerated inequality; rapid shifts in emotion and action |
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| fatal flaw of a literary tragic hero |
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| overbearing pride or presumption |
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| speech made to a character's self, does not address other characters |
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