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| sought to portray life as faithfully and accurately as possible, focusing on ordinary people suffering the harsh realities of everyday life. |
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| a poem written in tribute to a person, usually someone who has recently died |
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| a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things |
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| figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using “like” or “as” |
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| the attribution of human powers or qualities to something that is not human |
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| twentieth-century movement which sought to capture the essence of modern life in both form and content. It often expresses the disillusionment and uncertainty of the time period. |
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| figure of speech in which an absent person or personified idea is addressed |
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| the vantage point from which a story is told |
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| the narrator reveals the thoughts of a single character. |
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| Narrator describes events without information about the thoughts and feelings of the characters. |
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| a statement that seems to contradict itself, but may actually present a possible truth |
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| depicts and analyzes the unique qualities of a geographican area and its people |
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| poetry that has irregular meter and line length |
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