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symbolizes the human experience and embodies the spiritual values of a culture

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Myth

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A myth explains

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origins, natural phenomena, death, nature&function divinities, models virtuous behavior through the adventures of heros or arrogant behavior of humans

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every societ preserves these

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Myth

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originates through the oral tradition

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myth

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Elements of a Legen

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Wmo am i, what is the nature of the universe, how much control do we have over my own life, what must i do to survive, how can i reconcile my own death

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presents us with new insights values & ideas

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myth

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immortal-->supernatural powers

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God

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often protected by Gods

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Hero

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god of the sea

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Poseidon

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nymph

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Calypso

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athena

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goddess of wisdom

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zeus's wife

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hera

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told from the "I" point of view

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1rst person

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narrator speaks directly to reader

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2nd person

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3rd person

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or omniscient- all knowing

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setting

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place and time infiction

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theme

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general idea or insight about life

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plot/conflict

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struggle found in fiction, internal or external

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recurring theme

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motif

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action that interrupts to show an event that happened earlier

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flashback

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action that interrupts to show an event that happened earlier

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flashback

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symbolism

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object or action that means more than literal

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method used by a writer to develop a character appearances, actions, thoughts, dialogue, reaction of others

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characterization

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The Pad fell

What type of sentence is this?

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Simple

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the mouse pad fell on the floor, and the mouse landed on top.

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Compound

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the mouse pad fell on the floor when the cat jumped on the desk

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Complex

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a reference to a person, place, poem, book, or movie outside of the story that the author expects the reader will recognize

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allusion

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a novel in which the main character or characters grow, mature, or understand the world in adult terms

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Coming of Age

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a distinctive variety of language spoek by members of an identifiable regional group, nation, or social class

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Dialect

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an interruption of main action, accopmlished by telling stories unrelated to the main plot. This serves to provide background information, explain charcter motivation, establish interest, build suspense, and inform the reader of the action to come

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Digression

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a subtle, sometimes humorous perveption of inconsistenct in which the significance of statement or even is changed by its content

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Irony

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the audience knows more about a character's situation than the character does, foreseeing an outcome contrary from the character's expectations. The character's statements have one meaning for the character and a different meaning to the reader, who know more than the character

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Dramatic irony

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a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm

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Verbal Irony

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misuse of a longer word for humourous effect

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malapropism

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the position or vantage point from which the events of a story seem to come and are presented to the reader

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Point of View

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using humor to ridicule (to make a point)

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Satire

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when and where the short story, play, or novel takes place

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setting

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a comparison between two different things using either like or as

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Simile

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a long narrative poem which celebrates the deeds of legendary heroes

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Epic

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an extended simile that usually compares one complex concept with another. it is a simile rich in detail and often so long as to be a digression from the main action. epic similes are usually the length of a paragraph and sometimes longer. These similes gave the speaker a chance to take a break from telling a fresh story and fall back on previously used material. Sometimes they include the words "like" or "as" but do not necessarily follow that form

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Epic Simile

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an extended simile that usually compares one complex concept with another. it is a simile rich in detail and often so long as to be a digression from the main action. epic similes are usually the length of a paragraph and sometimes longer. These similes gave the speaker a chance to take a break from telling a fresh story and fall back on previously used material. Sometimes they include the words "like" or "as" but do not necessarily follow that form

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Epic Simile

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an adjective or phrase which delineates a personality by the attributes possessed byt the person or thing. Example: Archille the invicible

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Epithets

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A Latin expression meaning the story begins in the middle of the acction. Because the audience listening to the epic already knew mos tof the details, the teller of the tale did not need to start at the beginning of the action.

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in media res

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the transference of stories, songs, etc., from one generation to another or from one culture to another.

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oral tradition

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an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction

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symbol

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the act of drawing a conclusion that is not actually stated

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inference

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a brief story or tale that obliquely depicts a moral or life lesson

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parable

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an interruption of the main action, accomplished by telling stories unrelated to the main plot. This serves to provide background information, explain character motivation, establish interest, build suspense, and inform the action to come

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digression

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the use of an animal or aspect of nature to foretell an even; a sign. also indcates whether an even is to be good or evil. in the odysse they illustrate the will of the gods. for example, a thunderclap right after a prayer is this and this means the gods approve of the prayer. this often foreshadows, but the latter is usually plot-driven, rather than symbolic

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omen

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a naive hero whose view of the world differs from the author's and reader's. this flatters the reader's intelligence at the expense of the hero

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Structural irony