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| explaining an idea through the use of a similar idea that is similar or parallel to it in some significant way |
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| a story in which the characters, setting and events stand for certain other people, events or concepts |
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| The repetition of the same cononant sounds in words that are close together in a poem |
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| an indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place or artistic work that is not explained by the writer and relies on the reader's familiarity with what was mentioned OR a reference in a literary work to a historical event, a person, place, thing, or another work of literature |
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| the obstacle that stands in the way of the main character reaching its goal |
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| the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements or words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") |
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| a statement of general principle expressed memorable in a few words (ex. "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" -Blake) |
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| when two words are alike in sound but do not sound exactly alike |
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| a noun or noun phrase that tells you something about a nearby noun or pronoun |
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| The process of establishing, through the presentation of appropriate evidence, the certainty or likelihood of a particular point or position |
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| words spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character that are not supposed to be overheard by the other characters on the stage in the scene |
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| the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds |
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| something taken for granted |
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| the dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of literature |
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| an account of the writer's own life |
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| a song or poem that tells a story |
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| the part of the plot that introduces the setting, characters and conflict |
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| an account of a person's like written by another person |
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| poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| using logic to try to convince readers that an event or condition caused another or is likely to cause another in the future |
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| a person or thing in a story |
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| the process in which a narrator reveals a character's personality |
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| in inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go) |
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| talking around a word or subject |
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| a particular point or position a writer is trying to defend |
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| the part of the plot where the character faces teh conflict |
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| the part of the plot where the character takes steps to solve the problem |
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| a struggle or clash between opposing characters or between opposing forces |
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| an argument's final closing |
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| the mood, tone, etc. associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition |
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| two lines of consecutive poetry that rhyme |
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| reason from premises to a conclusion or claim |
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| the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word |
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| a kind of writing that is intended to create a mood or emotion, or to recreate a person, a place, an event or an occasion |
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| a writer's choice of words |
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| a type of characterization when the author comes straight out and tells the character's personality |
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| a story that is written to be acted out on stage |
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| the type of irony where the audience knows information the actors do not |
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| a type of character that changes due events that occur in a narrative or play |
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| a long story told in poetry which relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a society |
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| a short piece of nonfiction prose that examines a single subject from a limited and usually personal point of view |
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| the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer or narrator |
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| the substitution of a mild, inoffensive word or phase for one that is thought to be harsh, rude, blunt or vulgar (ex. "passed away" insead of "died" |
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| a kind of writing that explains, gives information, defines or clarifies an idea |
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| type of conflict when the character struggles with an outside force |
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| overstatement for the purpose of emphasis |
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| a very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral |
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| a faulty relationship between a argument's claim and its support |
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| a faulty relationship between a argument's claim and its support |
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| a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level |
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| the point of view when one of the characters is actually telling the story using the pronoun "I" |
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| a type of character with only one or two traits |
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| the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
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| poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
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| exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis that is not meant literally (ex. I have a million things to do today!) |
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| a line of poetry that contains five iambs |
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| language that appeals to the senses |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| the type of characterization when the reader learns the character's personality through the character's actions and words |
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| reason from observed evidence to a general statement |
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| a type of conflict that takes place entirely within the character's own mind |
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| rhymes in the middle of the rhymes |
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| a contrast or discrepeancy between expectations and reality |
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| the appeal of a text based on the logical structure of its argument or central ideas |
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| poetry that does not tell a story but aims only at expressing a speaker's emotions or thoughts |
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| the unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning (ex. the girl used a fire DISTINGUISHER to put out the blaze.) |
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| a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct; proverbial saying |
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| a firgure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 unlike things |
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| a metaphor that lasts longer than a phrase or sentence |
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| a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| a figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with something closely related to it (ex. skirt for a woman, the press for journalism) |
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| a long speech given on stage in which other characters hear the words |
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| the distinctive emotional quality of a work of literature |
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| a kind of writing or speaking that tells a story |
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| prose writing that deals with real people, events and places |
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| a long fictional story whose length is normally between 100-500 pages which uses all the elements of storytelling |
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| the kind of point of view where the narrator is all knowing |
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| the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
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| a figure of speech that combines two generally contradictory terms (ex. Bittersweet, living dead) |
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| a figure of speech so apparently contradictory that it challenges the reader's thoughts to try to make it make sense (ex. Everything I write is a lie.) |
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| the arrangement of similarly constructed phrases, clauses or lines to imply a connection between them |
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| the appeal of a text to the emotions or interests of the audience |
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| a special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
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| a kind of writing that aims at convincing the reader or listener to think or act a certain way |
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| a series of related events that make up a story |
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| a kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imaginations |
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| the vantage point from which a story is told |
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| the character that takes steps to overcome obstacles in a piece of literature |
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| a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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| the challenging of a claim through evidence or argument |
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| the part of the plot that gives the outcome of a piece of literature |
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| the art of speaking or writing effectively |
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| a question whose answer is obvious; can be used as a form of irony in which something is stated, but the opposite is meant |
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| the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words close to each other in a poem |
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| a pattern of rhymes in a poem |
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| a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables, or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns |
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| a character with many different traits |
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| the kind of writing that ridicules something in order to reveal a weakness |
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| the time and place a story takes place |
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| a short fictional prose narrative that usually makes up 10-20 pages |
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| a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using an explicit word such as like, as, resembles or than (NOTE: a simile is a kind of metaphor) |
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| the type of irony when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens |
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| an unusually long speech in which a character on stage alone expresses his thoughts |
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| a 14 line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes |
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| a group of lines of poetry that makes up a single unit |
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| a type of character that does not change due to events in a plot |
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| a fixed idea or conception of a character which does not allow for any individuality |
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| the uncertainty the reader feels about what will happen next |
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| a person, a place, thing or event that stands for something beyond itself |
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| a type of metonym where something is referred to by naming only part of it (ex. "hands" for manual labor) |
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| the way in which words and phrases are ordered to create sentences |
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| the central idea of a work of literature |
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| the point of view where the narrator tells the story thorugh a character's eyes |
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| the attitude the author takes toward the audience, subject or tone |
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| a play, novel or other narrative depicting serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy ending |
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| the representation of an idea in weaker terms that the facts would bear out for the purpose of emphasis |
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| a type of irony when a person says one thing but means something else |
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| something is set up in opposition |
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| omething that has two meanings: one sexual, one literal |
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| tragedy: gradual unfolding of a plot |
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