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a confused use of words in which the appropriate word is replaced with one of a similar sound but inappropriate meaning

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malapropism

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a saying or proverb expressing a common wisdom or truth

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maxim

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a literary form in which events are exxagerated in order to create an extreme emotional response

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melodrama

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a figure of speech that compares unlike objects

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metaphor

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a term describing poetry that useselaborate conciets, expresses the complexities of love and life, anjd is highly intellectual

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metaphysical

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a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which its associated

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metonymy

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the language spoken in england from1150 to 1500

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Middle English

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a parody of traditional epic form

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mock epic

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feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes

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mock solemnity

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the general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a piece of discourse

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mode

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a quick succession of images used to express an idea

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montage

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the emotional tone or prevailing atmosophere in a work of literature or nother discourse

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mood

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a brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature

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moral

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a phrase, idea or event that through repitition serves to unify or convey a theme in a essay or other discoure

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motif

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one of the ancient greek godesses presiding over the arts; the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer; to deeply reflect; to ponder

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muse

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an imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religous tradition of a group or society

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myth

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a formof verse or prose that tells a story.

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narrative

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a term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of expierences that is generally charecterized as bleak and pessimistic

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naturalism

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a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from one before

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non sequitur

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of or relating to facts and reality

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objective

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a lyrical poem usually marked by serious , respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject

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ode

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the anglo saxon language from 450-1150

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old english

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a narrarator with the unlimited awaremess understaanding and insight of charecters, setting, background, ect

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omniscient narrator

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the use of words whose soung suggest their meaning

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onomatopoeia

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a term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect

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oxymoron

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a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived

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parable

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a statement that seems self contradictory but is nevertheless true

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paradox

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the structure required for expressing 2 or more grammatical elements of equal rank.

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parrallel structure

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a immitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subjects

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parody

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a version of a text put into simplest,everyday wprds or sumerized

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paraphrase

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a work of literature dealing with rural life

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pastoral

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faulty reasoning that innappropriatly ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhumane objects

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pathetic fallacy

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the element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow

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pathos

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narrowly academic instead of broad and humane, excessivly petty and meticulous

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pedantic

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a sentance that departs from the usual word orger of english sentances by expressing its main thought only at the end

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periodic sentance

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the role that fascades that a charecter assumes or depicts to a reader or other audience

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persona

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a figure of speech in which objects or animals are given human charecteristics

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personification

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the interrelationship among the events in a story

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plot

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the relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to a subject of discourse

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point of view

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the part of the sentence that is not the grammatical subject. It often says something aboput the subject

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predicate

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any discourse not poetry

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prose

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a shorth pithy statement of a general truth that condenses common expierences into a memorable form

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proverb

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a false name or alias used by writers

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pseudonym

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novels written for mass conception

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pulp fiction

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a humerous play on words, using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings

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pun

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the depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exxageration for effect

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realism

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the part of discourse wherein oppossing arguments are anticipated and answered

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rebuttal or refutation

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repittion of an idea using different words

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reiteration

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reuse of the same words, phrase or ideas for rhwtorical effect

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repition

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the withdrawl of a previously stated idea or opinion

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retraction

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the language of a work and its styles

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rhetoric

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a general term that identifies discourse according to its chief purpose`

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rhetorical mode

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a question to which the audience already knows the answer

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rhetorical questionj

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language that conveys a speackers attitide or opinion with regard to a paticular subject

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rhetorical stance

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the reptition of similar sounding words and regualr intervals

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rhyme

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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up speech and writing

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rhythem

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an extended narrative about improbable events and extroidinary people in exotic places

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romance

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a sharp, caustic attitude conveyed in words through jibes, taunts, or other remarks

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sarcasm

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a literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible

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satire

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the arrangement of the parts of the sentence

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sentence structure

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a synonym for view or feelings

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sentiment

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a term that describes charecters excessive emotional response to experiences

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sentimental

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a environment that consists of time, place, historical milieu, and social, political and even spiritual circumstance

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setting

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a figurative compasrrison using words like or as

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simile

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a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind

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stream of consciences

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the manner in which the author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences, and creates structure to convey ideas

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style

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a general term referring to diction, syntax, tone, and figurative language,and all other elements to contribute to the style

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stylisctic devices

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the name of a grammatical unit that is comprised of prdicated nominatives and predicate adjective

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subject complement

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of or relating too private and personal feelings and attitudes as opposed to facts and reality

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subjective

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the implied meaning that inderlies the main meaning

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subtext

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a form of deductive reasoning in which given certain ideas or facts, other ideas or facts must follow.`

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syllogism

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the use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object

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symbolism

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a figure of speech in which a part signifies a whole

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synecdoche

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the orginization of language into meaningful structure

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syntax

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the main idea, often abstract idea upon which and essay or other work is built

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theme

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THE MAIN IDEA OF A WORK

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THESIS

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the authors attitude toward the subject being written

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tone

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a form of oleterature into which a hero is destroyed by some charecter flaw or by a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish

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tragedy

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a stylistic device used to create a link between ideas

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transition

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a generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, similie and metaphor

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trope

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a restrained statement that departs from what could be said; a studued avoidence of emphasis or exxageration

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understatement

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a discrepency between the rue meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words

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verbal irony

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a synonym for peoptry

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verse

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similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuaded readers that they are getting vision of life as it is or could have been

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verismilitude

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the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker `

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voice

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an object, device, or creation that is fanciful or rooted in unreality

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whimsy

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the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things the surprise and delight bu their unexpectedness

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wit