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16 Cards in this Set
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anecdote
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a short narrative about an interesting/ biographical incident
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character sketch
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a narrative about a character
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fable
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a brief tale that illustrates a moral lesson and ofter has animals
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legend
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a story about the past, considered historical but not verifiable
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tall tale
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humorously exaggerated story about impossible event
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allegory
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a story that teaches a lesson through symbolism
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epic
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long narrative poem about a hero
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ballad
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narrative poem meant to be a sung or recited
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sonnet
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lyric poem meant to be sung or recited
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elegy
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momful or melancholy poem, often for the dead
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ode
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lenthy lyric poem in whichn one speaker expresses personal thoughts
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editorial
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opinion piece
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analytical essay
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literay piece that analyzes
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apostrophe
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someone absent,dead,non human,is addressed as if present
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paradox
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a statement that seems to contradict but is actually true
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cliche
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expression or idea that is so overused that it has lost meaning or effect
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