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Dramatic Technique

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Vivid, moving, a Dramatic speech

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Elegy

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A mournful poem

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Ellipsis

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An omission of words or phrases from a sentence construction

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End-Stopped Line

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A poetic line when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning

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Enjambment

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A poetic line when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning

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Epic

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Along, formal, narrative poem that tells of heroic deeds and events important to a culture or nation

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Epigram

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A brief and witty poem that usually makes a satiric/humorous point

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Epiphany

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When a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about him/herself; a truth grasped in an ordinary moment

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Epistolary Form

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A novel written in a series of letters

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Epithet

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A word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual quality-Richard the Lion-Hearted or Richard or "mans" best friend for a dog.

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Ethos

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A fundamental character or spirit of a culture

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Euphony

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Good Sound, Opposite of cacophony; language that is pleasant.

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Existentialism

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A philosophy that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his her choices

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Exposition

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Rising action; bachground information and character relations established

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Extrametrical Syllables

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A line of poetry containing one or more syllables than those required by the meter

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Fable

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A simple symbolic story usually using animals as characters

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Fairy Tale

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A story for children with magical creatures and events

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Falling Action

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Occurs after the climax and the conflict has been resolved

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Fantasy

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Creation of events that are dreamlike or fantastic, departing for ordinary reality

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Farce

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Outlandish, physical comedy overflowing with silly characters and improbably happenings

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Figurative language

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Body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one

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Figure of speech

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A type of figurative language: a common saying that means something other than the literal

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Antithesis

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Direct opposite, Contrast

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Hyperbole

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Obviouse and intentional exaggeration

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Metaphor

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A comparison saying something "is" something else

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Metonymy

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Use of the name of one object or concept that closely relates to it or is a part of it instead of the actual noun-"The White House mad a statement today."

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Personification

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Giving human charateristics to an inanimate object

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Simile

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

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Understatement

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Giving a weak or restratrained version of the facts

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Flashback

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When past events are introduced into a present action

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Foil

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Usually a minor character designed to highlight qualities of a major character

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Folk Tale

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A story passed on traditionally/Culturally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition

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Foreshadowing

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Verbal or dramatic hints that suggest what is to come later

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Form

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The overall shape or structure of a work, which follows an established design

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Frame

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Also called Chinese-Box structure, a work that has the same features at the beginning and the end

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Free verse

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Unrhymed, Unmetered poetry

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Genre

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A type of literature-poetry, short story, tragedy, mystery

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Gothic Literature

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Agenre of literature that deals with dark, mysterious elements. From the early 1800's in Europe. Cathedrals, Gargoyles etc.

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Grotesque

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Odd or unnatural shape, combination; fantastically ugly or absurd; Bizarre

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Hamartia

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The fatal flaw, Error, or frailty that causes the downfall of the tragic protagonist

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Hero

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The major protagonist, usually with exceptional qualities

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Anti-Hero

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A protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure

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Existential Hero

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Traditionally, an existential hero is one who doesn't define himself in terms of what the public crowd defines as an ideal hero. The Hero stands alone against the crowd

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Picaresque

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A roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. This style of novel originated sixteenth century Spain

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Tragic

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A great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering or defeat

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Heroic Couplet

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Two successive rhyming lines in iambic pentameter; the second line is usually end-stopped

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or self confidence that leads to a protagonist's downfall

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Humor

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Comic or absurd quality causing amusement

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Iamb

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A two-syllable foot, Stressed/Unstressed

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Imagery

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References that appeal to the various senses and create pictures for readers

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Interior Monologue

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A stream of consciousness writing that shows the inner thoughts of a character

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Jargon

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The langueage/vocab that is unique to a profession or group

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Juxtaposition

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Placing things close together/ side by side for comparison or contrast

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Legend

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an unverifiable story handed down through tradition

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Literal

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Following the strict meaning of a word or phrase