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| character or force in conflict with the main character |
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| symbols,images,patterns appearing in myths, literature and visual art of many different people |
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| act of creating and developing a character either directly (being told) or indirectly (being shown) |
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| poetic form/ unlimited lines of alternating lines of 5 and 7 syllables |
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| an association that a word calls to mind in addition to its dictionary meaning (implied) example: ICE suggests cold, freezing, slippery |
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| particular form of civilization |
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| exact, specific meaning independent of other associations the word might call to mind (dictionary meaning) |
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| a situation where the audience (reader) knows what will happen but the characters do not |
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| long, narrative poem about the adventures of a god or hero that gives a portrait of a culture |
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| kind of philosophical,religious, and artistic thought emphasizing existence rather than abstract ideas |
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| a brief story, usually with animal characters, that teaches a moral or lesson |
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| a story composed orally, in simple language, about unrealistic events that is then passed by word of mouth |
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| poetic form / 3 lines of 5,7,5 syllables |
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| person who tends to be bold and resourceful beyond the means of ordinary mortals |
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| figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else |
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| story,origin of which is unknown, and explains natural phenomenon or a culture's belief or custom |
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| situation or statement that seems contradictory yet is actually true |
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| arrangement of equal ideas in equal literary structures |
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| character assumed by the speaker of a poem,short story , or a novel...a "mask" |
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| sequence of events in a literary work (exposition/development or conflict/ climax/resolution/denouement) |
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| type of narrator:1st person or 3rd person/limited/omniscient |
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| a search for immortal life or some kind of secret knowledge |
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| comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
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| manner in which a writer puts his/her ideas into words |
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| poetic form/ 5 lines of 5,7,5,7, & 7 syllables |
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| central idea, concern or purpose of a literary work/insight it gives to life/universal truth or message |
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| author's attitude toward his/her subject and characters |
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| expresses the main idea of a paragraph and defines the scope of the paragraph |
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| situation or use of language that involves a surprising, interesting, or amusing contradiction |
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