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| A pause seperating line in a poem. |
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| Mood or feelings inspired by work. |
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| Character of play who speaks to audience but is not heard by other characters on play. (malcolm in the middle) |
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| Addressign an abstraction that is not there ("oh, death, be not proud", death is not literally a character.) |
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| Another word for a moral fable. (Tortoise and the Hare.) |
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| Mood "air" created by a particular event in a story. |
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| Cluster of words in which sound the same/similar/ repetitive consonant sounds ('big buckets of big blue berries.") |
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| Story that can be read on two levels/ have a double meaning. |
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| Beginning of the story/ plot. |
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| Strict dictionary term for a word in particular. |
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| Basic unit of meter consiting of strong/light stresses. |
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| Willing Suspension of Disbelief |
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| Set aside your knowledge of reality in order to enjoy a fictionalwork. |
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What kind of morpheme?
-Birdseye
-Flower
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- free
-1 free, 1 bound
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-1 free, 1 bound
-1 free, 4 bound. |
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| A deuteragonist (or anyone) who strives for perfection. |
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| Robin Hood is a classic... secondary to protagonist. |
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| Names that have a meaning to the character, such as Dudley Dooright, Ebaneezer Scrooge. |
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| The notion that whatever one reads is "real", even fictional works. |
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| Cnoveying Mood/ Attitude in work. |
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| Terms that go beyond the literary level, such as a cross, nautical star, etc. |
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| Plot that branches from Main Plot. Shrek has to rescue princess, but donkey has an ongoing love/hate affair with dragon aftrwards. |
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| Mixing up a few letters of words or words in general to create a comical air. Example:A queer old dean, a Dear old queen. |
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| Literature that is preachy. Like the bible. |
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| Something that can be determined through general observation. OBSERVATION. LONGER WORD. |
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| If something can nly be observed through logic and fact. LOGIC. SHORTER WORD. |
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| Story that contains similarities to another story, "spinoffs". |
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| Sound substitiution, that does not affect meaning. Ex: Toe-MAY-toe, Toe-MAH-toe. |
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| Recognizes through STRESSED/UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES |
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| The theory in which states people communicated through emotional outbursts/Exclamation. |
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| Believing things that don't exist, Santa Claus, etc. |
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| Punishment fits the crime exactly. |
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| Book made cheap and ready for the general public, often fictional. Example: Twilight. Apparently unimpressive, as well. |
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| French word meanig "unknotting", the aftermath/solution occring final stages of plot. NOT THE ENDING OF STORY. |
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| Symbol known to a specific book or work of literature, unique. |
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| Final consonants of strssed syllables match eachother but vowels differs. |
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| Mythical Creature with body parts of various animals. |
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| A humorous scene after a serious event occured. |
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| The crisis reaches its greatest intensity. |
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| 3 walled room meant for stage props. |
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| Humans imitating Animal Sounds |
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| Unrytmed iambic Pentameter |
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| When a writer tries too hard to be serious and contemplative and ends up sounding stupid. Ex; siddhartha. |
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| Repetitive same/ similar vowel sounds. |
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| When a protagnist does not necessarily fit the description of a hero. |
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| A person or object that is put int he wrong time fram. |
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| A funny, often biographical story. Short and amusing. |
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| Negative term meaning too vague. |
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| Story that references something bigger than peice of ltierature, such as god, the bible, etc. |
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| The shame a hero feels after a failure. |
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| A monster with multiples of body parts, two head, six tails, etc. |
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Abstract Diction
Abstract Imagery
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| -Calling something Pleasant, observation that you cant observe with te five senses. |
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| Unrealistic/Unexpected escape of a deathly/grave sitation. |
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| Author word choice/ style when writing. |
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| Theory that staTES HUMANS REACT TO STIMULI. ow. |
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| Opposite of utopia, the worst parrallel universe imaginable. the world sucks worse than our reality. |
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| Poetic speaker addresses reader/ internal listener |
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| A line without a break or pause, opposite of caesura. |
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| Dramatic Poem that is super fucking long and doesnt necessarily rythme, oddysey. |
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| Sygnifying God's presence in the World. |
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| Replacing a rude or embarassing comment with a mild phrase. |
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| Author explains background in beginning of story. |
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| silly situational low comedy, exaggerated caricatures |
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| present tense is interrupted by a short memory useful for plot. |
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| characters that are contrasted to make one another look better/worse |
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| hinting/indicating what will happen during the story. |
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| Inserting small stories into a larger story. |
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| Articles, prepositions, conjunctions. |
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| Satire in which jokes something in a light, sarcastic way, not vicious. Maintains a playful tone. |
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| Vicious, Invective humor meant to insult. |
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| speech that attacks and insults a person |
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| when someone says one thing but means another, sarcasm. |
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| situation is fully known to audience but not characters |
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| sneaky, ruthless, decietful behavior. |
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| Intentionally using differnt words/ misusing words that sound simliar to engender comic relief. |
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1. Marked Word
2. Unmarked Word. |
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| Creation turns on it's creator. |
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| When ugly old hag turns into a beaitful woman on certain terms and conditions |
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| Selling your soul to the devil |
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| homecoming from war or long voyages, ender's game. |
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| suggsted that there is a parallel universe completely opposite of our, whether utopia or dystopia. |
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| Book that describes sociological aspects of human beings. |
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| Two word put together that mean the complete opposite of eachother. |
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| An elaborate poem over a serious manner. |
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| writer's attempt to inspire emotion. |
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| a comical work meant to mimick or mock a serious event in a funny exaggerating way. south park. |
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| Giving inanimate objects human characteristics/ |
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| Giving inanimate objects the ability to speak. |
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| A dramatic monologue of the characters inner thoughts that wouldnt otherwise be heard otloud. |
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