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Tone

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The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

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Irony

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The expression of one’s meaning by using the language that normally signifies the opposite, typically or humorous or emphatic effect.

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Point Of View

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A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

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Indirect Character

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The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the characters speech, actions, appearance, etc.

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Secondary Source

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  1. ) Next after the first in order, place, time, etc.

2. ) Belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, rank, grade, etc.

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Epic Hero

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A brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events.

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Summarize

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To make a summary of; state or express and concise form.

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Analyze

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To examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of.

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Journey

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A traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long trip; trip.

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Direct Character

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The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets.

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Phrases

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A word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses.

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Primary Sources

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First in order in any series, sequence, etc.

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Paraphrase

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A restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

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Characterization

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Portrayal; description.

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Clause

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A syntactic construction containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.

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Tragic Flaw

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The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.

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Hero

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A man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.

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Myth

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A traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or either, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explain some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

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Mythology

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A body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person.

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Epithet

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Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.

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Character

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The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.

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Narrative

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A story or accounts of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.

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Archetypes

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The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.