English Final

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Repetition of consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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A reference to a statement, a person, a place, an event, a work of art, or popular culture

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Allusion

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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The highest point of interest in the story and how the conflict resolves and how the story ends

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Climax/resolution

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Plays that start in trouble and end in peace

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Comedy

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Plays that start in trouble and end in peace

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Comedy

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A humorous scene placed between two very serious scenes; intended to relieve tension felt by the audience

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Comic relief

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Two lines of rhymed iambic pentameter

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Couplet

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Long poem, derived from an ancient oral form

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Epic

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An adjective or descriptive phrase that is used regularly to describe or characterize a person, place, or thing.

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Epithet

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Portion of literary work, rather than the whole

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Excerpt

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Portion of literary work, rather than the whole

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Excerpt

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Comprehensive description or explanation of an idea or theory

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Exposition

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Metaphor that extends through several lines of poetry & includes several points of comparison

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Extended metaphor

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Metaphor that extends through several lines of poetry & includes several points of comparison

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Extended metaphor

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Figure of speech in which things that are different are compared by the use of words like or as. A figure of speech similar to a simile.

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Figurative language

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Metaphor that extends through several lines of poetry & includes several points of comparison

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Extended metaphor

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Figure of speech in which things that are different are compared by the use of words like or as. A figure of speech similar to a simile.

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Figurative language

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Two characters placed in a scene together in order to highlight their contrasting personalities

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FOIL Characters

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Hints that are given about events yet to come in the story

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Foreshadowing

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Extended comparison between something an audience could not have realistically seen and something ordinary that they would have been familiar with

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Homeric simile

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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The stories that define the basic beliefs and values of a culture

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Mythology

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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The stories that define the basic beliefs and values of a culture

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Mythology

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Passing stories from generation to generation through spoken, not written word

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Oral tradition

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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The stories that define the basic beliefs and values of a culture

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Mythology

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Passing stories from generation to generation through spoken, not written word

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Oral tradition

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Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

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Personification

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Play on multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike or have different meanings

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Pun

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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The stories that define the basic beliefs and values of a culture

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Mythology

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Passing stories from generation to generation through spoken, not written word

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Oral tradition

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Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

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Personification

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Play on multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike or have different meanings

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Pun

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Four lines of rhymed iambic pentameter

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Quatrain

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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The stories that define the basic beliefs and values of a culture

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Mythology

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Passing stories from generation to generation through spoken, not written word

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Oral tradition

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Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

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Personification

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Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Play on multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike or have different meanings

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Pun

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Four lines of rhymed iambic pentameter

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Quatrain

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Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using words such as like, as, resembles or than.

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Simile

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Poetic foot containing 2 syllables the first syllable is unaccented while the second syllable is accented

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Iambic pentameter

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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Logical assumption based on the info the reader has been given

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Inference

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Contrast between what is expected and what is actual

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Irony

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Figure of speech that compare two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.

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Metaphor

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A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

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Myth

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The stories that define the basic beliefs and values of a culture

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Mythology

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Passing stories from generation to generation through spoken, not written word

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Oral tradition

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Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

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Personification

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A speech made by a character who is alone on stage; intended to express the thoughts of a character to the audience

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Soliloquy

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A speech made by a character who is alone on stage; intended to express the thoughts of a character to the audience

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Soliloquy

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Poem of 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter

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Sonnet

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A speech made by a character who is alone on stage; intended to express the thoughts of a character to the audience

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Soliloquy

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Poem of 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter

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Sonnet

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Play that ends in violence

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Tragedy