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| The device of using charaacter and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. |
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| The repetition of sounds, especially initail consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. |
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| A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known. |
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| The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, scentence, or paragraph |
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| The word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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| the opposition of contrast of ideas; the direct opposite |
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| A terse statment of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle |
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| A figure of speech that directly adresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction |
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| A figure of speech that directly adresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love |
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| a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort |
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| A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. |
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| the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing |
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| A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or suprising analogy |
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| The non-literal, associative meaning of a word |
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| The strict, literal, dicitionary definition of a word |
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| Less offensive substitutes for a unpleasent word or concept |
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| a metaphor developed at great length |
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| writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning |
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| A decive used to produce figuratice language |
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| traditions for a certain genre |
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| The major category into which a literary work fits. |
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| This term literally means "sermon" but more informally.(Any serios form of speech) |
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| The sensory details or figurative language used to describe aspects of a story |
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| to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented |
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| an emotionaly violent verbal denunciation |
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| Something that is not what is expected |
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| Makes a point by denying its opposite. (e.x. not many) |
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| A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses |
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| comparison not using "as" or "like" |
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| Substitute of a name for something closely related to it |
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| The prevaling atmosphere or emotional aura of a work |
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| A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of a word. (e.x. boom) |
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| A group of words in a phrase or scentence that contradict each other. (e.x. jumbo shrimp) |
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| A statment that appears to be self-conradictory but contains some degree of truth or validity |
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| When neighboring phrases or scentences share several words. (e.x. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
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| A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. |
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| Using more complex words for the sake of using complex words. |
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| A scentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end |
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| Non-human entities decribed as having human-like traits |
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| the perspective from which a story is told |
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| Literature that is not poetry |
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| The duplication of any element of language. |
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| The principles governing the art of writing |
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| Different conventions used in major kinds of writing |
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| bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. |
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| A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions |
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| the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning, connotations, and development, of words |
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| A summry of litterary choices an author makes/ classification of authors to a group |
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| A word that modifies or renames the subject (e.x. Julia Roberts is a movie star or Warren remained optimistic) |
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| A clause that can not be used as a complete scentence. AKA: dependent clause |
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| Two premises that lead to a sound conclusion. E.x. All Corgies shed. My dog is a Corgi. Therefore my dog will shed. |
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| Anything that represents itself and stands for something else |
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| Refering to something as only a part of that object. (e.x. refering to a car as "wheels") |
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| When one sensory stimulus evokes another |
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| the way an author chooses to link words, phrases, or scentences together |
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| the central message of a work |
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| A scentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion |
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| An author's attitiude toward his or her material, the audience, or both |
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| a word or phrase that links different ideas |
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| the ironic minimalizing of fact |
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| intellectually amusing language that suprises or delights |
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