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| repetition of initial sounds |
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| a reference, in a literary work, to a character or theme in another literary work |
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| a comparision of two dissimilar things which share a common trait |
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| the method an author uses to reveal the personalities of a character |
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| an oposition of ideas or values |
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| coming from within a character's self |
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| coming from a source outside one's self |
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| saying one thing while meaning something else |
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| a reference to an event which took place prior to the beginning of a story |
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| a method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come |
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| an overstatement or exaggeration |
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| a word or group of words that appeal to the senses that serve to intensify the impact of the work |
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| a judgement based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statement |
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| the result of an action which is the reverse of what was expected, or the contrast between the literal meaning and what was meant |
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| a comparision between two unlike things without usinf "like" or "as" |
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| the atmosphere or feeling created by the descriptions of objects or by the style of the descriptions |
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| the sound of the word echoes the sound it actually represents |
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| a combination of contradictory terms |
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| when something nonhuman is given human characteristics |
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| the sequence of events in a story; includes the rising action, climax, the falling action, and the resolution |
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| the perspective from which a piece of literature is presented, usually "first" if from one's own or "third" if from an onlooker |
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| a play on words where a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time |
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| a pattern of repeated sounds, usually at the end of lines of poetry |
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| recurrances of stressed and unstressed syllables at equal intervals in poetry |
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| the time and place in which a story unfolds; can shange from scene to scene |
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| a comparision between two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
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| a major subdivision in a poem |
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| the overall ingredient of a piece of literature which gives the work intensity |
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