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| something you can see and touch |
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| overtones or suggestions of additional meaning |
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| puzzling and difficult to figure or understand |
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| moment of high tension that comes before the climax |
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| meaning as defined in a dictionary; a fact |
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| in a literary work anything that happens after the resolution of the plot |
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| form of a language spoken in a particular region or group |
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| choice of words used in writing or speaking |
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| written to teach or state a message |
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| a work in which a character speaks to a silent listener |
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| a solemn and formal lyric poem about death |
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| long narrative poem aboutthe adventures of gods or heros |
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| a brief, pointed statement in prose or verse |
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| a quotation that appears in the beginning of a literary work |
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| a moment of insight, discovery, or revelation in which a character's life is greatly altered |
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| one told in a series of letters |
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| an inscription written on a tomb or burial place |
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| word or phrase that states a characteristic quality of some person or place |
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| writing or speech that explains, informs, or presents information |
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| suggests that some malicious fate is frustrating human efforts |
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