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jeremiad
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a prophecy that evildoing will brind on destruction; a lament
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Juvenalian satire
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harsh, biting satire, full of moral indignation and bitter contempt
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Kunstlerroman
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"artist novel", a type of bildungsroman, or development novel, that tells the story of an artist's development
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lai
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a poem of adventure or romance intended to be sung
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leitmotif
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the repetition of a significant word, phrase, theme, or image throughout a novel or play, which functions as a unifying element; "guiding motif"
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libretto
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the text or words of the dialogue and songs of an opera, oratorio, cantata, musical comedy, or other similar musical work; also called the book
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linguistics
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the study of languages as systems
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literary criticism
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the practice of describing, interpreting, and evaluating literature
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litotes
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a figure of speech, a form of ironical understatement that affirms something by stating the negative of its opposite
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"She is no fool"
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local color
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the use in writing of the physical setting, dialect, customs, and attitudes that typify a particular region
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