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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cliche | an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off. ex: what goes around comes around |
| Fantasy | a story that soncerns on unreal world of containg an unreal character.ex: Harry Potter |
| Figurative Language* | *language employing one or more figures of speech |
| Implication* | *a suggestion an author or speakers implies |
| Inductive Reasoning | deriving general principles from particular facts ex: Every cat i have ever seen has four legs. All cats have four legs |
| Invective | An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack ex: a knave, a rascal |
| Limerick | a light verse consisting o 5 lines of regular rhyhm which lines 1,2,5 rhymes and 3,4 rhymes |
| Literary License | deviating from normal rules of method in order to schieve a certain effect ex: intentional sentence fragment |
| Malapropism | the mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar ex:to, too, two |
| Maxim | a consise statement often offering ex: the grass is always greener on the other side |
| Motiration* | *Characters incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner |
| Myth* | a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events |
| Narrative* | *a story or natural account |
| Omniscient* | *one who is able to see and tell all including the inner thoughts |
| Oxymoron | an expression in which two words that contradicts each other are join ex: jumbo shrimp |
| Parable* | *a simple story that illustrates a moral of religious lesson |
| Paradox* | *an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth ex:dont go near the water until you've learned how to swim |
| Paraphrase* | *restatement of a text in a different form or in different words often for the purpose of clarity |
| Parenthetical* | *a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain |
| Pathos | the quality in a work that prompts that reader to feel pity ex: Mrs. Clinton's voice |
| Pedantic* | *overly concerned with minute detail or formalisms |
| Plot* | *the action of a narrative of drama |
| Point of View* | * the vantage point from which a story is told |
| Resolution* | *the fally action of a narrative; the events after the climax |
| Rhetoric* | *the act of presenting ideas in a clear effective and persuasive manner |
| Riddle* | *a question requiring thought to answer to understand a puzzle |
| Romantic* | *a term describing a character or literary work that reflects the character of Romantism, the stress on emotion, imagination and individualism |
| Sarcasm* | *harsh cutting language or tone intended to ridicule |
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