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1
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what is juxtaposition

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Two contrasting ideas, not close together

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what is an oxymoron

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two contrasting ideas next to each other

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what is a simile

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comparing two things using like or as

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what is a metaphor

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comparing two things by saying something is something else

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what is personification

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giving something non human human characteristics

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what was the industrial revolution

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the process of change in economy to industry and machine manufacturing during the late 18th and 19th century

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what is poverty

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the state of being extremely poor

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what is debt

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a sum of money that is owed

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what is a philanthropist

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someone who give money to charity

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what is misanthropist

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someone who doesn’t like society

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what is novella

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short story

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what is allegory

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a narrative story in which a character, place or thing is used to deliver a broader message

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what is an omniscient narrator

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all-knowing narrator

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what is antithesis

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direct opposites

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what is foil

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a character that deliberately contrasts the main character

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what is the bourgeoisie

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ruling/upper class, rich, exploit the proletariat

17
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what is the proletariat

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lower/working class, poor

18
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what is sympathy

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feeling pity and sorrow for someone eles misfortune

19
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what is empathy

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the ability to share and feel another feelings

20
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what is contrasts

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opposites

21
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what is chronological

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in the order they happened

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what is non-chronological

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not in the order they happened

23
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what are flashbacks

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memories from the past

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what is a Gothic novel

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a novel with a mystery and horror atmosphere e.g night/darkness, death and phobias

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