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Dramatic Technique

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characteristic of or appropriate to the drama, especially in involving conflict or contrast; vivid; moving: dramatic colors; a dramatic speech.

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Duple Meter

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In music, duple refers to duple meter. Duple is also a duration of 1½ the regular note value duration in compound and or triple meter. An irrational rhythm, it may also be used as a polyrhythm when played against the regular duration. When saying it you use the syllables "do" and "de"
In relation to duple time triple meter rhythms would be triplets.

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Ellipsis

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the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
b.
the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.

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Empathy

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the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
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the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.

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Epistolary Novel

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a novel written in the form of a series of letters.

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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: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.
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a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name, title, or the like, as “man's best friend” for “dog.”

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Ethos

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Sociology . the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period: In the Greek ethos the individual was highly valued.
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the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.

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Existentialism

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a philosophical attitude associated especially with Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre, and opposed to rationalism and empiricism, that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices.

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Extrametrical Syllables

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containing one or more syllables in addition to those required by the meter: an extrametrical line.

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Fairy Tale

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a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
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an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief: His story of being a millionaire is just a fairy tale.

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Falling Action

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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

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Fantasy

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imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
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the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

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Antithesis

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opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
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the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to ): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.

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Hyperbole

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obvious and intentional exaggeration.
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an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile ( def. 1 ) .
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something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

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Metonymy

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a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
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the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.

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Simile

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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor.
2.
an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.

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Understatement

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the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.

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Folk Tale

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a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
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any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.

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Frame

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to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct.

to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem: to frame a new constitution.

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Gothic Literature

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being of a genre of contemporary fiction typically relating the experiences of an often ingenuous heroine imperiled, as at an old mansion, where she typically becomes involved with a stern or mysterious but attractive man.

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Grotesque

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odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
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fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.

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Anti-Hero

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a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.

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Existential Hero

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a philosophical attitude associated especially with Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre, and opposed to rationalism and empiricism, that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices.

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Picaresque

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pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
2.
of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues.

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Tragic

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characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
2.
extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight.
3.
dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event.

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Humor

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a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
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the faculty of perceiving what is amusing or comical: He is completely without humor.
3.
an instance of being or attempting to be comical or amusing; something humorous: The humor in his joke eluded the audience.

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Interior Monologue

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Literature . a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of a character.
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Movies, Television . the device of showing a character on screen who does not appear to speak, although the character's voice is heard on the soundtrack to create the illusion that the audience is hearing the character's thoughts.

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Juxtaposition

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an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
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the state of being close together or side by side.

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Jargon

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the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
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unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
3.
any talk or writing that one does not understand.

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Legend

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a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
2.
the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan: the winning of the West in American legend.
3.
an inscription, especially on a coat of arms, on a monument, under a picture, or the like.

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Literal

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in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
2.
following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe.