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vignette
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any brief composition or self-contained passage
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personification
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a figure of speech by which animals, abstract ideas, or inanimate objects are referred to with human qualities
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satire
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a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule or scorn
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short story
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fiction, no specified length but not long enough to be published on its own, single event, 1 or 2 characters, condenced commentary
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poem
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language changed, sung, spoken, or written according to some patter of reccurence that emphasizes relationship between words
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theme
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asaliant abstract idea that emerges from a literary work's treatement of its own subject matter
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plot
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the patter of events and situations in a narrative or dramatic work
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tone
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a term usually designating the mood or atmosphere of a work, although in some more restricted uses it refers to the author's attitude toward the reader or to the subject matter
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acrostic
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a poem in which the initial letters of each line can be read down the page to spell either an alphabet, name, or some other secret message
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spoonerism
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a phrase in which the initial consonants of two words have been swapped over
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alliteration
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the repitition of the same sounds usually initial consonants of words
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anachronism
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misplacing of any person, place, thing, custom, or event
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consonance
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the repitition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different
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climax
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any moment of great intensity in a literary work especially in drama
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synopsis
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a breif summary of a work, plot, or argument
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apostrophe
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a figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person
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idiom
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a phrase that cannot be translated literally into another language because its meaning is not equivalent to that of its component words
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unreliable narrator
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a narrator whose account of events is not trustworthy
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protagonist
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the chief character in a play or story
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antagonist
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the most prominent of the characters who oppose the protagonish or hero or heroine in a dramatic work
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verisimilitude
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the symblance of trugh or reality in literary works
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simile
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comparison using the words "like" or "as"
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a comparison is made without using "like" or "as"
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excursus
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a degression in which some point is discussed at length
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circumlocution
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the roundabout manner of referring to something at length rather than naming it briefly and directly
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muse
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a source of inspiration to a poet or other writer usually represented as a female deity
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poetic justice
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morally reassuring allocation of happy and unhappy fates to virtues and viscious characters
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diction
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the choice of words used in a literary work
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