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| reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, science or some other branch of culture |
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| the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together |
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| when the writer reveals the personality of a character |
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| one who does not change much in the course of story |
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| changes in some important ways as a result of the story's action |
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| the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to strict dictionary definition |
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| have few personality traits |
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| in general,a discrepancy between appearances and reality |
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| character who acts as contrast to another character |
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| the use of language to evoke a picture or concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experiance |
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| a comparison between two thing without the use of like, as, than, or resembles |
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| giving an object or animal human characteristics |
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| have more dimensions to their personalities, they are complext like rea people are |
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| comparision between to things using like, as, than, resembles |
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| person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself that also stands for something more than itself |
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| insight in human life that is revealed in literary work |
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| attitude writer takes toward the subject of a work, characters in it, or audience |
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| statement that appears self-contradictory but reveals a kind of truth |
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| type of writing that makes a joke of an important issue, hoping to bring change |
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| when a word's sound imitates its meaning |
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| speakers or writers choice of words |
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| statement that uses great exaggeration or overstatment for effect |
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| way of speaking of a certain social group |
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| recurring subject, theme, idea etc. |
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| type of novel concerned with the edu, developement, and maturing of a young protagonist |
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