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| a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or accented syllables |
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| a reference to a well known person,place,event,literary work, or work of art |
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| an extended comparison of relationships |
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| character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist |
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| brief story about an interesting,amusing,or strange event |
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| repetition of vowel sounds in conjunction with dissimilar consonant vowels |
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| a form of nonfiction in which a person tells his or her own life story |
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| sonyglike poem that tells a story,often one dealing with adventure and romance |
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| a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person |
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| a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
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| the act of creating and developing a character |
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| the high point of interest or suspense in a literary work |
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| A struggle between opposing figures |
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| the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group |
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| is writing a speech that explains, informs, or presents, info |
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| a section of a literary work that interrupts the chronological presentation of events |
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| is the use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur |
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| a contrast between what is stated and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens |
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| one thing is spoken of as though it were something else |
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| the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
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| a story told in fiction,nonfiction,poetry,or drama |
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| a nonhuman subject is given human charateristics |
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| writing or speech that attempts to convince a reader to think or act in particular way |
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| the sequence of events in a literary work |
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| the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told |
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| writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals,ideas,insitutions,social conventions, or other works of art or literature |
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| makes a direct comparison between two subjects;using like or as |
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| a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work |
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