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saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
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maxim
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intentional understatement for humorous satiric effect
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meiosis
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work, usually a play, based on a romantic plot with little regard for motivation and with an excessive appeal to the emotions of the audience
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melodrama
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radical change of character
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metamorphosis
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figure of speech that compares unlike objects
analogy identifying one object with the other |
metaphor
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an ingenious kind of extended metaphor widely used by metaphysical poets
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metaphysical conceit
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work of poets characterized as intellectual, psychological and bold in thoughts of death and physical love
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metaphysical poetry
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pattern stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry
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meter
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figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated
ex. "the white house" for the federal govt |
metonymy
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small representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution
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microcosm
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state of mind in which one is feeling
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mood
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quick succession of images or pictures to express an idea, usually in film
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montage
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lesson a reader infers from the story
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moral
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a dramatized allegory in which abstractions, such as mercy, conscience, and perseverance appear in personified form and struggle for a human soul
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morality play
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device that serves as a unifying agent in conveying a theme
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motif
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nine goddesses, presided over the arts and sciences
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muses
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medieval play based on Biblical history
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mystery play
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an anonymous story that presents supernatural episodes as a means of interpreting natural events
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myth
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ingenious character who is the apparent author of a narrative, the implications of which are plainer to the reader they are to the narrator
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naive narrator
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form of verse or prose that tells a story or recounts events
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narrative
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person telling the story
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narrator
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application of principles of scientific determinism to literature
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naturalism
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idea that primitive human beings are naturally good and that whatever evil they develop is the product of a corrupting action of civilization
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noble savage
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any extended fictional narrative almost always in prose
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novel
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long short story; short novel
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novella
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