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metaphor

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figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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mock-heroic

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imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject.

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monosyllabic

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of a word or utterance

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motif

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a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work.

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narrative stance

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describe what happened

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octave

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a stanza made up of 8 lines

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omniscient narrator

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when narrator speaks in third person coming across as all knowing with the story

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pace

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more or develop of something of a particular speed

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paradox

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a person or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities

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oxymoron

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figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

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