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| objects and characters in the story represent a second level of meaning besides the surface story. |
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| the repitition of sounds in nearby words, usually involving the first consonant sounds. |
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| the referene to a famous literary, mythological, biblical or historical figure or event |
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| something placed in an inappropriate perios of time |
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| the force opposing the main character in a story |
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| a basic model on which copies are based. An archetype represents the most typical and essential characteristics shared by a classof things |
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| repitition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry |
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| a quatrain of alternating tetrameter and trimeter, rhyming abcb or abab |
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| is one whose continuing actions conform to what the author has already revealed about him/her |
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| does not change in the course of a story |
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| changes; he/she is affected by the events in the story |
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| is one who is represented as having only a single "side" or trait, and whose behaviour is therefore predictable |
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| seems as many-sided, and therefore as believable, as a person in real life |
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| is the familiar, stereotyped figure who appears regularly in literature, such as the wicked landlord,etc |
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| an over-used, tired expression |
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| the point of great intensity, interest, or suspense in a story |
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| the struggle between two opposing forces of characters. it may be external or internal. |
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| the repitition of the same consonant sound within the words |
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| the final unravelling of the plot following a major climax, in which mysteries are cleared up, misunderstanding are set straight |
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| spoken words exchanged between two or more characters in a story |
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| the arrangement of cacophonous sounds in words, or rhythmical patternsfor effect |
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| a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which its originated |
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| a short addition or conclusion at the end of literary work |
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| a short composition that deals with a subject in a limited way and expresses a particular point of view |
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| a general term for an imaginative work, usually in prose |
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| a word or expression which is not meant to be taken literally and which is characteristic of a particular community or society |
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| a character whose behaviour, attitude, or opinions contrasts with those of the protagonist. this helps us understand the main character better. |
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| any indication of something that may happen later in the story |
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| poetry which has no regular pattern of rhyme, meter, or line length |
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| a particular kind of category of literature |
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| is a japanese lyric form which presents a vivid picture and presents the poet's impression, often with suggestions of spiritual insight |
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| an exaggeration not intended to deceive |
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| words that help the reader picture or sense what is being described by using one of the senses |
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| essentially a difference or contrast |
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| a differece between what happens and what is expected to happen |
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| the difference between what the audience knows and that a character knows to be true |
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| a poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts or feeling |
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| the comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
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| the dominant attitude or tone which runs through an entire piece of literature |
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| a story, often about immortals and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that is intended to give meaning to the mysteries of the world |
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| a poem that tells a story |
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| the person who tells the story |
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| a word whose sounds suggest its meaning |
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| a phrase consisting of contradictory terms |
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| a statement that at first appears contradictor, but which, on closer examination proves to contain truth |
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| to restate the meaning of a passage in your own words |
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| a literary work, usually a poem, making fun of a serious poem while copying its style |
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| giving non-human things human characteristics |
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| the events as they happen in the story |
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| the vantage point, from which a story is seen or told |
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| narrator address the reader directly |
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| the story is being tld by someone who is not necessarily a character in the story |
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| the story is told by one of the characters in his or her words |
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| an opening section of a longer work, usually intended to introduce some significant background info to the audience |
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| the main character in the story |
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| where a specific, phrase, or structure is repeated several times, usually in close proximity, to emphasive a particular idea |
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| the placing of words with similar end sounds reasonably closer together to emphasive the similarity of their sounds. |
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| the pattern of rhyme within a stanza or poem, usually shown by marking each similar sound with the same letter of the alphabet |
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| a pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a poem |
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| a scornful, taunting manner of speech that uses verbal irony to achieve its purpose |
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| the time and place in which a story takes place |
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| the comparison of two unlike objects using like or as |
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| a lyrical poem consisting of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter |
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| a grouping of several lines of a poem, usually separated from the next stanza |
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| a conventional mental image, especially a biased, generalized image of the characteristics of an ethnic or social group |
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| a manner of expression in writing or speaking, which, when analyzed often distinguishes one writer's work from another |
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| the quality of a story that makes the reader uncertain about the outcome |
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| something chosen to stand for or represent something else |
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| the main idea of the story, often expresses as an insight about life in general or about human behaviour |
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| the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject |
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| presenting something as less important than it really is |
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| a figure of speech consisting of words addressing an inanimate object, abstract ideas, idea, or person were alive |
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| a fairly short, simple poem which tells a story |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| a poem written in a special shape that usually suggests the poem's subject |
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| pleasing, mellifluous sounds usually produced by vowels rather than consonants though "liquid" consonants |
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| language which can be understood on at least two levels |
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| a stanza of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed |
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| two consecutive lines of property that rhyme |
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