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| 1.A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
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| an indirect or passing reference. |
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| character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall. |
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| The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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| The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, |
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| 1.A traditional story, esp. |
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| A member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. |
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| program intended to make an audience laugh |
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| 1.The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries. |
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| 1.The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity |
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| The most intense, exciting, or important point of something |
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| 1.Excessive pride or self-confidence. |
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| A long poem, from oral tradition |
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| 1.The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, |
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| 2.The attainment of spiritual knowledge |
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| 1.The final part of a play |
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| rhythm that the words establish in that line |
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| Giving something non human, human characteristics |
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| claims not meant to be taken literally. |
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| A theater in Southwark, London, erected in 1599 |
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| A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life. |
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| 1.The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
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| a protagonist who has no heroic virtues or qualities |
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| the events that make up a story |
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| where the plot is taking place. |
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| the fight of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. |
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| describe something by comparing it with something else |
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