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| an unexpected twist/contrast between what was suppose to happen. |
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| a simple symbolic story employing animals and characters |
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| verbal approximation of a sensory image in a work of literature |
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| writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept. |
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| refers to the work of a poet who explores philosophical ideas through metaphors and paradox. |
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| a sequence of events in a literary work |
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| eight line stnaza ususally combined with a seset in a Pentrarchan sonnet |
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| a story that operates on more than one level and it teaches a moral lesson |
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| a set of unseemingly contradictory elements which never the less reflects truth |
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| a secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot |
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| characterized by emotions, feelings, and is precise. Exhibits rhyme, meter, and reflective thoughts. |
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| enables the writer to operate on levels other than literary |
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| a pattern of beats in poetry |
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| metrical in poetry; syllabic measure of a line |
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| type of lyric poem which extols the vitures of a idea, place, or time. |
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| a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one |
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| a figure of speech in which the representative term is use for a larger idea. |
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| a comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original |
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| words that look the way they are represented |
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| device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts, events, or episodes. |
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| assigning human-like qualities to inanimate objects |
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| shape and structure of a literary work |
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| hints of future events in literary work |
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| a formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a subject or object |
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| an image of a contradictory term |
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| a speech given by one character |
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| direct comparision between dissimiliar objects. NO LIKE OR AS |
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| aspects of a literary work that elicit pity and emotions from audience |
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| background information presented in a literary work |
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| repitions or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme/characters |
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| poetry without define work form, meter, or rhyme scheme |
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| type of literature that explores narratives by and about characters who inhabit and experience their realities different |
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