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1
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A character’s view of the situation or events in the story.

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Perspective

2
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A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief

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Aphorism

3
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A direct opposition between things compared: inconsistency

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Contradiction

4
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A figure of speech in which a person thing or abstract quality is addressed as is present, for example the invocation to the muses usually found in epic poetry.

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Apostrophe

5
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A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.

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Anecdote

6
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A figure of speech that combines to apparently contradictory elements. Example: “jumbo shrimp”

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Oxymoron

7
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Figure of speech which makes brief , even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event or object of which the allusion consists. Example George Milton (character in of mice and men) is an allusion to historical figure John Milton

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Allusion

8
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A form of deduction. An extremely subtle, sophisticated,or deceptive argument

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Syllogism

9
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A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice of weakness

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Satire

10
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A novel or story whose theme is the moral or physiological growth of the main character.

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Bildungsroman

11
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A particular word pattern or combination of words used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader.

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Devices

12
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A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast

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Foil

13
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A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters

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Epistolary