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humanism
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any system of thought or action devoted to human interests rather than to religious ideals or to the animal world
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idyll
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a short descriptive and narrative piece, usually a poem, about pituresque country life, an didealized sotry of a happy innocence
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image
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language referring to something that can be perseived through one of more of the senses
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imagery
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the making of "pictures in words", the pictorial quality of a literary work achieved through a collection of images
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Imagists
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a group of early 20th century English and American poets who, in revolting against the excesses of romanticism, sought to restore the precise use of visual images to poetry
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implied author
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not the author directly, but a persona created by the author to present a literary work to the reader, an assumed voice through which the author speaks
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impressionism
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the theory and practice of emphasizing the subject impression a writer or character has of reality, rather than attempting to re-creat reality objectively
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incident
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an even or episode in a work of fiction that moves the plot forward or reveals character
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incongruity
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the quality of being incongruous; being inharmonious or incompatible or inconsistant, lacking agreement or suitability
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indirect satire
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a type of satire in which the author does not address the reader directly
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