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native americans time

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Pre 1600’s

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Puritanism time

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1600 - 1800

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Age of Reason/Enlightenment TIme

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1750 - 1800

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Transcendentalism / The American Renaissance time

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1840-1860

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Harlem Renaissance / The Jazz Age time

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1920-1940

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Contemporary / Postmodernism time

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1950 - Present

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Allegory

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(Same story differnet characters)
the device using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning.

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Allusion

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a direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly know

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Colloquialism

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slang or informality in speech or writing

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Aphorism

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(Bumper sticker) A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle

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Diction

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choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

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Euphemism

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Easier way of saying things

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Juxtaposition

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placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

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Metonymy

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“changed label” or “substitute name” in which one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it (crown=royalty)

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Narrative

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The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that sounds mimics the sound of actions that the word means or suggestsThe telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

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Paradox

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a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

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parallelism

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Repitition rhythem, balance

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pedantic

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overly scowely, overly textbook

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point of view

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a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

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syntax

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sentence structure

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