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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

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Discord

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Disagreement between people

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Parity

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The state of being equal

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Disparity

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A great difference

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Subservient

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Prepared to obey others unquestionably. Less important; subordinate

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Resolution

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The passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony

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Invert

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Put upside down or in the opposite position, order or arrangement

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Subvert

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To undermine the power and authority of an established system or institution like the government

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Bathos

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An effect of anticlimax creates by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous

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Dichtomy

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A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or different entirely

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Pastoral

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Natural imagery

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Anarchronistic

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Something that is out of harmony with the period in which it is placed in.

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Symbol

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Something that stands for something else in literary texts. The connection is usually not directly stated.

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Epilogue

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The short concluding section of a play or poem, sometimes summarizing the content or theme

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Trickster

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Often a thief or liar that is clever in disguise

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Clown

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Often a person who does comical tricks, but is better defined by the word buffoon as they are clumsy and unsophisticated

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Slapstick

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A physical form of comedy that usually involves falling over

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Verse

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Rhymed or unrhymed poetry that is spoken in iambic pentamer but upper class people in Shakespeare plays

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Transgression

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To break a law or rule and to go beyond the normal limits of tolerance

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Travesty

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When something important or crucial is made fun off

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Charade

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An absurd pretense

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Folly

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A foolish act

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Caricature

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An exaggerate portrayal of a person or type of person for comic effect

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Farcical

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A method of entertaining an audience that uses improbable situations and useless pretence

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Antagonist

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A character that usually disagrees with the protagonist

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Protagonist

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The major character of a story

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Repartee

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The ability to make witty remarks and replies that is often a key part of a Shakespearean comedy

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Parody

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A grotesque imitation of another text

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Malapropism

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A comical confusion of words

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Motif

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A recurring element in a story that has symbolic significance

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Stichomythia

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Alternating dialogue between two characters

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Histrionic

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Overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style

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Absurd

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Wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate

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Rhetoric

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Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on it’s audience, but it is often regarded as lacking in sincerity

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Perceive

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To become aware of something

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Contrived

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Obviously planned or calculated

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Ideology

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The ides and manner of thinking of a group, social class or individual

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or it’s appreciation

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Mimesis

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Representation or imitation of the real world in art or literature

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Liminal

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Occupying a position at, or on both sides of a boundary or threshold