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Perspective

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

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Aphorism

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

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Contradiction

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A direct opposite between things compared; inconsistency

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Apostrophe

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Speech or poem addressed to someone who is usually dead or thing that is personified

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements

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Allusion

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Call something to mind without mentioning it, indirect or passing reference

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Syllogism

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

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Satire

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

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Devices

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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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Foil

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A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast

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Epitaph

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A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person

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Parody

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A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject

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Sarcasm

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A sharp caustic remark. A form of verbal irony in which praise is actually meant as harsh and critical

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Expletive

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A single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words

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Irony

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A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant

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Eulogy

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A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

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Epiphany

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A sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the reality or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or common occurrence or experience

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Onomatopoeia

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A word capturing the sound of what it describes

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Diction

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An authors choice of words to convey tone or effect

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Utopia

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An imaginary place of ideal perfection. Opposite of dystopia

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Hyperbole

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An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language

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Antagonist

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Character or force in a literary work that opposes the main character

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Analogy

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Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects.

Examples are metaphors and similes

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Inductive
A way to describe something that leads to something else. Collect information and draw conclusion
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Nostalgia
Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
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Thesis
Focus statement of an essay
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Ethos
In dramatic literature the moral element that determines a characters actions rather than thought or emotion
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Propaganda
Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution
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Didactic
Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson
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Formal Language
Language that is lofty, dignified, or impersonal
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Anecdote
A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature
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Allegory
Narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves. Characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities
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Colloquial
Ordinary language
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Aesthetic
A set of principles underlying and guiding work of a particular artist
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Juxtaposition
Placing two items side by side for contrasting effect
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Elegy
Poem or prose mourning the death of a particular person
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Antihero
Protagonist of literary work who does not embody traditional qualities of a hero
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Catharsis
Purification or cleansing of the spirit through emotions of pity and terror as a witness to tragedy
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Epigraph
Short quote at beginning of literary work to suggest a theme
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Motif
Recurrent device, formula, or situation that often serves as a signal for the appearance of a character or an event
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Parallelism
Recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed alike to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences equal in importance
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Anaphora
The replacement of a word so you aren't repeating the same word over and over
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Imagery
Sensory details
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Euphemism
Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or blunt
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Genre
Term used to describe literary forms
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Voice
The acknowledged or unacknowledged source of words of the story
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Tone
The attitude towards the literary subject
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Theme
The central or dominant idea or concern of a work
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Protagonist
The main character
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Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
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Mood
The food resulting from the tone of the piece as well attitude and point of view
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Realism
The literary practice of attempting to describe life and nature without idealization and with attention to detail
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Prose
The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure
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Asyndeton
The absence of a conjunction (but or and) in a sentence or phrase
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Deductive
The reasoning of a conclusion drawn from a set of premises and only the premises no facts Premise- previous statements
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Assonance
The repetition of identical vowel sounds
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Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Consonance
The repetition of consonants but with different vowels for different words Splish-splash
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Persona
The voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story
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Syntax
The way words are put together to form phrases
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Ambiguity
Use of language which can have multiple meanings
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Connotation
What is implied by a word. Not the actual dictionary meaning of the word

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