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| a picture of life through the written/published word. |
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| a specific classification of literature |
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| not true, but true to life |
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| writing that is historically factual |
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| quirks in the language according to a particular geographical region |
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| time and place in literature |
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| sequence of events or actions in literature |
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| a scene in a story that reverts back to an event in the past |
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| where the author drops hints as to what will come later in the story |
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| 1) a person in a story 2)the personality a character displays |
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| the point the author tries to make about life through his/her work |
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| the authors angle of vison from the story is revealed |
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| the most important element of plot (the struggle) |
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| a device that allows an author to say one thing and mean something different. |
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| anything that makes one author's work different from one another |
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| Comparison using "like" or "as" |
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| Implied direct comparison, usually with "of" or "is" |
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| giving human characteristics to something not human |
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| explaining an "unknown" by means of a "known" |
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| poking fun/sarcasm at literary situation (in the plot) in order to make a point |
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| difference between reality and appearance |
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| a reference to something in history or literature that the author expects the reader to recognize |
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| something in literature that represents something else |
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