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| a figurative work in which a narrative carries a secondary or symbolic meaning |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| the biggest part of excitement in the novel |
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| type of novel in which the protagonist enters adulthood, while learning through experiences and knowledge |
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| elaborate comparison, analogy, or metephor |
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| pause in a line of poetry |
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| anti-utopian, nonperfect world |
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| line with a natural pause at the end |
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| the running over of sentences or thoughts into the next line without a pause; a run on line |
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| substitution of mild, less negative words for harsh, blunt ones |
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| novel pointing out the absurdity and meaninglessness of life |
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| device allowing the writer to present events that happened before the time of current narration |
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| basic unit of meter; 2 to 3 syllables |
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| narrative structure providing the setting and exposition for the main narrative in a novel |
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| verse with irregular rhyme and irregular meter |
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| novel with supernatural horrors and atmosphere of unknown terror |
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| two line of rhyming iambic pentameter |
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| emphasis on human culture, education, amd reason |
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| when reality is different from expectations |
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| pattern of stressed, unstressed syllables in a sequence |
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| treating a minor subjet very seriously |
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| prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel |
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| novel focusing on and describing in detail the social customs and habits of a social group |
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| satiric imitation of a work by ridiculing the author, his ideas, or work |
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| person created by the author to tell the story |
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| episodic novel about a rogue or picaro wandering around and living off his wits |
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| the similarity between syllable sounds at the end of two or more lines |
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| novel with historical events and actual people written about under the pretense of being fiction |
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| fictional narrative of impobable events and often a love story |
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| a literary mode based on critcism of people and society through ridicule |
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| time period, place, historical era, and social and political realities in which a novel takes place |
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| a 14 line poem often in iambic pentameter with a varied rhyme scheme |
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| something standing for one thing on the surface, but has another meaning |
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| novel about a perfect place and society |
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| how fully the characters and actions in a work conform to our sense of reality |
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| the repetition of consonance sounds at the beginning of words |
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| reference to another work of literature, history or the bible in a novel |
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| goes against the main character |
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| direct address to an inadiment object |
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| repetition of vowel sounds in words |
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| repetition on consonant sounds in words |
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| harsh, violent sounds in poetry |
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| fluid, flowing sounds in poetry |
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| moment of most drama; between rising and falling action |
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| underlying, scondary meaning of a word |
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| dictionary definition of a word |
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