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| a journey especially by a group of people for a specific purpose |
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| an event that hooks the viewer into the story and sets everything else that happens into motion. |
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| the section of a story that leads toward its climax. |
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| the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; |
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| the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution. |
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| a firm decision to do or not to do something. |
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| The message learned in a story. |
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| a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. |
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| the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
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| a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. |
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| be a warning or indication of (a future event). |
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| a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind |
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| 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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| a figure intended to represent an abstract quality. |
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| the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
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| a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
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| prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding. |
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| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. |
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| a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. |
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| a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program. |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
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| a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. |
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| a form of irony that is expressed through a work's structure |
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| a statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent. |
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| when the outcome of a situation is contrary to or different from what is expected. |
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| a temporary state of mind or feeling. |
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| the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. |
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