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Epistrophe
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AKA epiphora, it is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora.
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Epithet
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An adj. phrase used to set apart, describe, and characterize a person, place, or a thing.
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Fable
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A very brief story told to teach a moral or lesson.
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Falling Action
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All the action in a play that follows the turning point.
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Farce
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A type of comic plays in which ridiculous situations and characters, coarse wit, and physical buffoonery are used to make us laugh.
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Fiction
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Any work of literature that includes material that is invented or imagined, that is not a record or things as they actually happened.
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Figurative Language
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Language that is used to describe one thing in terms of something else; language that is not intended to be taken literally. (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Symbol)
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Foil
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A character or place that is used to contrast with another character or place or event.
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Foreshadowing
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The use of clues that hint at important plot development that are to follow in a story or drama.
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Free Verse
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Poetry that does not have a fixed line length, stanza form, rhyme scheme, or meter.
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