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A comparison between 2 unlike things w the intent of adding meaning to 1 of them that lasts over several lines

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Extended metaphor

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A comparison between 2 unlike things w the intent of adding meaning to one of them

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Metaphor

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A comparison between 2 unlike things through use of words (like, as, if, this)

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Simile

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An extended comparison that grows in excitement and usually ends in a climax

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Epic/homeric

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Long narrative poem that tells adventures of heroes who embody values and traits there civilisation admires

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Epic

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Stories focusing on humans w special abilities and combines fact and fiction

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Legend

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Appeal/prayer to gods for help w inspiration

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Invocation

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A speech in which a character, alone in stage, expresses his thoughts alone

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Soliloquy

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Words spoken on stage in undertone, not intended to be heard by others

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Aside

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10
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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Alternating unstressed an stressed syllables in groups of 5 in a line of verse

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Iambic pentameter

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12
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Bringing together of 2 contradictory terms

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Oxymoron

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13
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A descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something

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Epithet

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Use of hints or clues to suggest actions to come

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Foreshadow

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15
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A belief system that involves worshipping of many gods

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Polytheistic

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16
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Gods/godesses

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Deities

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17
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Possessing human characteristics and traits

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Anthropomorphic

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Wandering entertainer who sings songs and tells tales

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Rhapsode

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Literary work in which the main character meets an unhappy ending

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Tragedy

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2 rhyming lines which mark the end if a scene

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Couplet

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Story acted out on stage/tv by actors who take specific parts

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Drama

22
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Repetition of sounds - usually consonants

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Alliteration

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Vantage point from which a story is told

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Point of view

24
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Scene that interrupts that action to show an event that happened earlier

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Flashback

25
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Main idea or basic meaning - message about life

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Theme

26
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Animal, object, natural force or idea is given human characteristics

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Personification

27
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Person, animals, things, or forces presented as people

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Character

28
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Sequence of events

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Plot

29
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Object, person, place, or action that has meaning in itself and also stands for something larger than itself

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Symbol

30
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Time, place, and environment of story

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Setting

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A character who is contrasted w another

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Foil

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Long uninterrupted speech that is spoken aloud in the presence of other characters

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Monologue

33
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Humorous play on words

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Pun

34
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Repetition of a sound in 2 or more words/phrases that are close to each other

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Rhyme

35
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Reference in one work of literature to person, place, or event in another work of literature or in history, art, or music

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Allusion

36
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List of sources used in a research paper

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Works cited

37
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Contrast between what is stated and what is meant or what is expected and what happens

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Irony

38
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Reader knows something a character does not

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Dramatic irony

39
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The opposite happens from what was expected

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Situational irony

40
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What is said is opposite of what is meant

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Verbal irony

41
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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

42
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Establishes intention and organisation of paper

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Thesis

43
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Areas of proof of the judgement

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Criteria

44
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Opinion of writer that will be backed up w proof

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Judgement

45
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Giving credit to words or ideas taken from a source

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Citation

46
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Struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

47
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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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Tone

48
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Feeling created in reader

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Mood

49
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14 line lyric poem - usually in rhymed iambic pentameter

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Sonnet

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Writing that holds up to ridicule

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Satire

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