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34 Cards in this Set
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metaphor
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comparison, or analogy that states one thing is another
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mien
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air, bearing, or aspect of showing character, etc
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morose
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gloomy or sullenly ill-humored
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nemesis
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the protagonist's arch enemy or supreme and persisten difficulty
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neologism
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coinage (creating new word)
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nostalgic
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longing for people, places, things, or situations of the past
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objectivity
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treating a subject as impersonal or outside a view of events (unbiased)
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oblique
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having a slanting or sloping direction or course
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ogle
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to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently
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onomatopoeia
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words that sound like what they mean
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ostentation
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showiness, pretentious display
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oxymoron
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a phrase composed of opposites, contradiction
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parable
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like a fable, or allegory, a story that instructs
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parody
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when a specific work is exaggerated to ridiculousness
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pastoral
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a poem set in tranquil nature, one about shepherds
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pathos
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bathos, emotional
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pedantic
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characterized by an overblown concern for learning and formal rules
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periodic sentence
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not grammatically complete until it has reached its final phase
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persona
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narrator in a non first person novel (3rd person)
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personification
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when an inanimate object takes on human shape
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philistinism
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attitude of smug ignorance and conventionalism, esp. toward art or culture
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plaint
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a poem or speech expressing sorrow
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point of view
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perspective from which the action of a novel is presented
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prelude
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an introductory poem to a longer work of verse
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pretentious
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claiming or demanding a position of merit or distinction, esp. when unjustified
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procure
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to obtain, get by effort
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protagonist
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the main character of a novel or play
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prudery
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excessive modesty in speech, dress, or behavior
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purlins
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horizontal rafters supporting a roof, esp. those made of metal
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omniscient narrator
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3rd person, who sees (like God) into everyones minds and understands all action
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limited omniscient narrator
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3rd person, generally says only what one character (main) sees and thinks
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objective/ camera eye narrator
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3rd person narrator who only tells what would be visible on a camera, can't tell thoughts of characters
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1st person narrator
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character in story, tells story from his/her point of view, can be unreliable
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stream of conciousness technique
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like 1st person, instead of telling story, author places reader inside the main character's head and is subject to all the character's thoughts as they appear
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