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| a word, phrase or attitude that has double or even multiple meanings |
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| the pervasiv mood or tone of a literary work |
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| the author's viewpoint regarding his subject matter |
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| words or phrases that are used in everyday conversation or informal writing which are usually considered inappropriate for a formal essay |
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| the range of futher sassociations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its straightforawrd dictioanry meaning |
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| a device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a reconized means of expression |
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| the precise, literal meaning of a word |
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| the version of a lnaguage spoken by people of a particular region or social group |
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| the conversation of two or more people as represented in writing |
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| violently bitter verbal attack |
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| the choice of words used in a literary work |
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| a portion of a written work that interrupts or pauses the development of the theme or plot |
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| the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme |
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| a way of presenting scenes or incidents that took place before the opening scene |
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| the story is told through several people |
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| way of expression natural or peculiar to a languagae or gorup of people |
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| a conclusion the resader can draw based upon details presented by the author |
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| direct denuncation or name -calling |
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| the incongruity or difference between reality and appearances |
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| a situation in which the audience mknows more about the characters situatioin thn the character does |
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| the cotnrast between what is inteded or expected and what actually occurs |
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| a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant |
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| the special language of a profession or group |
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| side by side comparison of two or more objects or ideals for the purpose of higlighting similarties or differences |
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| use of physical setting, dialect custions and attidues that typify a particular region |
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| the comic substitution of one word for another similar in sound but different in meaning |
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| the speed at which an author tells a sptory |
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| the prevailing emotional attiude in a literary work |
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| harsh cutting personal remakrs to or about someone |
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| any form of literature that belnds ironic humor and wit with ctriticism directed at a particular folly |
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| a technique that allows the reader to see the continuous chaotic flow of half-form and discontinous thoughts, mmemories, sense impressions, random assiciation, images, feelings and refelction that constituted a chartacters' consciounss |
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| refelcton in a work of the author's attidude towrad his or her subject |
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| the quaility of oness in a lterary work |
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| the sendse a writeen work conveys to a reader of the writesrs' attidude, personaility and character |
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| ingenuity in connecting amusingly incongrousu s ideas |
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