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a very brief synopsis of longer work of scholarship or research. The ______ of an entire book may be reduced to a single page.
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abstract
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represent ideas of thoughts/generalities
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abstract terms
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a saying or proverb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience and often coughed in metaphorical language.
Ex) it is always darkest before dawn; fools rush in where angels fear to tread |
adage
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refers to a total objectivity of a writer wherin his/her view of judgements are withheld in his/her account of human experience. Another conception of the term defines it as the distance between a work of art and its perceiver, the perceiver recognizing that the work of art is pretense and thereby on occasion larger and truer than life
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aesthetic distance
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the recounting of an unreal series of experiences bearing such close resemblance to reality as to encourage the reader to make the association; an extended metaphor
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allegory
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the repetition of one or more intitial sounds, usually consonants, in a group of works or line from a poem.
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alliteration
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a reference to a person, place, event, or other source meant to create an effect or enrich the meaning of an idea
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allusion
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multiple meaning; lack of clarity in work consciously used as a phase of the author's view of his/her world or characters and reflecting the vagueness of life
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ambiguity
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the incorporation of an event, scene, or person who does not correspond with the time period portrayed in the work
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anachronism
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a comparison tha points out similarities between two dissimilar things
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analogy
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notes added to a text that explain, name sources, summarize, or evaluate the text
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annotation
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the character or force in a story that works against the protagonist to produce tension or conflict
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antagonist
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the rhetorical opposition or contrast of words, clauses, or sentences, as in the following:
"as action, not words" "they promised freedom but provided slavery" "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country? |
antithesis
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a short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment, such as "the road to Hell is often paved with good intentions"
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aphorism
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as distinguished from Dionysian; refers to the noble qualities of human beings and nature as opposed to the savage and destructive forces
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Apollonian
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