English

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the main idea expressed in a literary work

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theme

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something in a literary work which maintains its own meaning but stands for something broader

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symbolism

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the sequence of related eventsthat make up a story

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plot

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a contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, what is expected to happen and what really happens

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irony

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a poerson that opposes the protagonist in a story, enemy of hero or heroine

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antagonist

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a character that is used to contrast with another character

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foil

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a humorous play on words

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pun

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the central character in a story that the readers sympathize for

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protagonist

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a figure of speech that uses exaggeration or overstatment for effect

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hyperbole

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predicament between two choices

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dilemma

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unraveling of dramatic plot, final solution

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denoument

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the use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story

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forshadowing

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a scene in a story that interrupts the present action to tell about events that happened at an earlier time

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flashback

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turn from main cours, especially to deviate from subject in speaking or writing

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digression

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a sense of uncertainty or anxiety about the outcome of events in a story

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suspense

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incident, section of book, t.v. program

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episode

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memorial inscription on tomb

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epitaph

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grammar classification of pronouns and verbs according to the person speaking

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persona

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one who narrates, or tells a story

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narrator

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the voice

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personae

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the direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified object

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apostrophe

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a struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature

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conflict

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the time and place in which the events of a literary work take place

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setting

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short interval between parts of a performance

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intermission

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in tragedy, the release of strong emotion in the audience

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catharsis

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one or more words, phrases, or lines that are repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza

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refrain

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the attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader of a work of literature

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tone

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a long narrative poem that usually centers on a single important character who embodies the values of a particular society

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epic

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the moment of highest emotional intensity in a plot, when the outcome of the conflict is finally made clear to us

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climax

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a pause within a line of poetry or everyday speech, used where needed and felt

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caesura

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a trite or overused expression or idea

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cliche

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comparison of two inlike things using the verb "to be"

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metaphor

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the comparison of tow unlike thing using "like" or "as"

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simile

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a situation or a statement that seems to contradict itself but on closer inspection, does not

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paradox

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giving human qualities to animals or objects

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personification

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a reference in one literary work to a character or theme in another literary work

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allusion

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names a quality, characteristic, or idea

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abstract noun

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when the action expressed is physcial

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action verb

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a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun

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adjective

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a word used to modify a verb, adjective, or another verb

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adverb

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a noun or pronoun (with modifiers) set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it

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appositive

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names a group and can be singular or plural

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collective

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does not name a particular person, place, or thing

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common noun

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terms that are used reflexively and intensively

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compund personal pronoun

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a word that joins words or groups of words

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conjuntion

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adverbs that join independent clauses, which may also be whole sentences

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conjunctive adverbs

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line up and match to each other

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coordinating conjunction

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always used in pairs

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correlative conjunction

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used to point our persons or things

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demonstrative pronoun

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of the verb and recieves the action of the verb or shows the result of the action

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direct object

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a verb ending in -ing that is used as a noun

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gerund

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help the main verb to express action or make a statement

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helping verbs

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not capitalized and not able to find

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indefinite pronoun

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of the verb, precedes the direct object and usually tells to whom or for the action verb is done

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indirect object

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a verb form, usually preceded by to, that is used as a noun or a modifier

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infinitive

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used to ask questions

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interrogative pronoun

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verbs that help to make a statement not by expressing action but by expressing a state or condition

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linking verb

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primary verd in action

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main verb

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a pronoun that acts as the subject

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nominative case pronoun

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a word used to name a person, place, or thing

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noun

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a pronoun that acts as the object or the object of the verb

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objective case pronoun

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used before a noun in teh same way that adjectives are used to limit the meaning of a noun

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possessive pronoun

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an adjective complement that modifies the subject of the verb, follows linking verb

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predicate adjective

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a noun or pronoun complement that refers to the same person or thing as the subject of the verb, follows a linking verb

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predicate nominative

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when the subjective complement is a noun

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predicate noun

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a word used to show the relation of a noun or pronoun to some word in the sentence

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preposition

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a verb ending in -ing that is used as an adjective

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present particple

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names a particular person, place, or thing and is capitalized

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proper noun

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a pronoun that begins a subordinate adjective clause and is related to a noun or pronoun already mentioned or understood. the word to which the relative pronoun is relates is its antecedent

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relative pronoun

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the part of the sentence about which something is divulged

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subject

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a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement

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verb