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| extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lay outside the narrative itself |
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| repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in close syllables |
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| makes a brief refrence to a historical or literary figure |
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| a rival, opponent, or enemy of protagonist |
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| someone, some abstract quality, or non-existent personage is directl addressed as though present |
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| a dramtatic convention by which an actor directly addresses that audience but is not suppose to be heard by the other actors on stage |
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| proper purgation --> process by which an unhealthy emotional state produced by an imbalance of feelings is corrected and emotional health is restored. |
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| one who develops or changes as a result of the actions of the plot |
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| one constructed around a single idea or quality- immediately recognizable- usually by one sentence |
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| applied to anyone who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics of another |
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| character sufficiently complex to be able to surprise the reader without losing credibility |
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| one who changes little if any. things happen without modifying their interior self's |
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| a sterotyped character; one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous literature |
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| the writer makes direct statements about a characters personality and tells u what the character is like. |
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| indirect characterization |
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| the writer reveals information about the character and his personality through the characters thoughts, words, and actions, along with how other characters respond to that character, including what they say and think about them |
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| a type of drama, opposed to tragedy, having usually a happy ending, and emphasizing human limitation rather than human greatness |
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| what a word suggests beyond its basic dictionary defination; a word's overtones of meaning |
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| that portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries |
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| the basic defination or dicitonary meaning of a word |
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| a type of drama related to comedy by emphasizing improbable situations, violent conflicts, physical action, and coarse wit over characterization or articulated plot |
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| an exaggeration. The figure may be used to heighten effect, or it may be used for humor |
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