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| the repetition of the initial sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. |
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| an indirect or implied reference to another work of literature, historical event, famous quotation, etc. |
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| ways in which an author makes a fictional character seem "alive" |
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| the most decisive and critical scene or event. the hight point of a speech. |
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the problem.
1) man vs. man
2) man vs. society
3) man vs. self
4) man vs. nature |
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| A conversational passage between characters in a narrative or play. |
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| The way words are selected in a particular literary work |
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| what happens after the climax |
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| When the current action is broken by reference to something which occurred earlier in the work or prior to its beginning. |
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| When the writer drops hints or clues in the plot that give the reader an idea of what is going to happen later in the story. |
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| exaggeration beyond belief |
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1) situational- the opposite of what is expected
2) drmamatic- knowing what the end is before you begin (Romeo & Juliet)
3) Verbal-sarcasm |
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| A literary device by which one term is compared to another without the use of a combining word such as like or as. |
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| Expressing two or more linked ideas, actions, or sentences in the same grammatical structure. |
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| Giving a nonhuman object or concept a human characteristic or attribute |
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| The order of events and incidents that occur |
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1) 1st person (using "I")
2) 3rd person limited (using "he/she" and only seeing the thoughts of one person)
3) 3 person omniscent ( "he/she" all knowing) |
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| The main character in a literary work. opposed by the antagonist |
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| The time and place in which a work of literature occurs. |
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| figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike things using words "like" or "as". |
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| A stereotype is a conventional and oversimplified opinion or image of a person or group of people. |
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| A stereotype is a conventional and oversimplified opinion or image of a person or group of people. |
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| the question that intrigues the reader |
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| A device in literature where an object represents an idea |
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| Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of consecutive phrases. |
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| The word is usually used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds in nieghbouring syllables |
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| the action leading to the climax |
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| an everpresent idea thorughout the work. creates unity. |
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| An original model or pattern from which other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life. |
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| A melodramatic narrative that ends at a pivotal point in the plot. |
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| The language of a particular district, class, or group of persons. |
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| a dynamic character is one whose personality changes or evolves over the course of the work |
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| A conspicuous recurring element, |
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| A static character is a simplified character who does not change or alter his or her personality over the course of a narrative. |
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| an author's right to alter the truth to make the story more interesting |
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| a metaphor that occurs throughout the work |
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| Using opposite phrases in close conjunction. |
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| A literary scheme involving a specific inversion of word order. |
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| The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent for a rhetorical or artistic effect. |
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| sing contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level. |
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| v, or n: to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
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| strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
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| harmful but enticing. treacherous |
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| v, to make known especially publicly or formally |
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| v, to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
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| adj, not fully worked out or developed |
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| adj, having or showing skill, |
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| adj, having an active feeling of repugnance or distaste |
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| adj, marked by or disposed to doing good |
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| adj, capable of being done or carried out |
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| adj, not allowing entrance or passage, not able to be damaged. unconcerned |
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| adj, marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
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| noun, adj ,one that contends with, opposes, or resists |
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| n, clever or artful skill |
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| v, n, to pass by descent or bequest |
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| v, to become absorbed in thought; especially : to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively |
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| adj,so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention |
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| adj, n an earlier occurrence of something similar |
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| v, to make certain, exact, or precise |
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| adj,having power to compel or constrain |
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| adj having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
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| adj. having moral integrity. exact |
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| adj, having unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others |
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| n, a strict disciplinarian |
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