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16 Cards in this Set
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allegory
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a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events
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allusion
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a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
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alliteration
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a stylistic device in which a number of words, having a first consonant sound, the current questionnaire any series
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ambiguity
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uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language
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antagonist
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a character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character
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apostrophe
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a figure of speech sometimes represented by the exclamation "o"
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analogy
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a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it
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anecdote
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Fisher and interesting star in a music event off to propose to support or just racin point and make readers and listeners left
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metonymy
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a figure of speech that replaces the name of the thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated
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mood
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a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions
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motif
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an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work
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objective
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the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue
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onomatopoeia
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imitates the natural sounds of a thing
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omniscient
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knowing everything
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oxymoron
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a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect
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parallelism
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the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter
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