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"almanac": a directory of information
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allegory: a tale or story in which characters, actions, or setting represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.
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allegory: has 2 meanings: a literal and symbolic meaning
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allusion: a reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event with which the reader's assumed to be familiar
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aphorism: (same as proverb) a statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life
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autobiography: a person's account of his or her own life
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biography: a detailed account of a person's life written by another person
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classicism: the belief that reason dominated nature and human nature and that both were fixed by unchanging laws
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fiction: refers to works of prose that contain imaginary elements; may be based on actual events and real people (novels and short stories)
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flashback: a scene that interrupts the action of a narrative to describe events that took place at an earlier time
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flashback: provides background helpful in understanding a character's present situation
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folk tale: a short simple story that is handed down,usually by word of mouth (oral tradition) from generation to generation
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foreshadowing: a writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story
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gothic lliterature: the use in fiction of grotesque, gloomy settings and mysterious, violent, and supernatural occurances to create suspense and awe
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knotty prose: unintelligible; confusing; hard to understand
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legend: a story passed down orally from generation to generation and believed to have a historical basis. Most of the events are either exaggerated or fictitious
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memoir: a record or account of a person's life written by that person
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metaphor: comparison of two different things
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myth: essentially religious because they present supernatural events and include the values and beliefs of a cultural group
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myth: a traditional story, passed down through generations, that explain why the world is the way it is
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narrative: writing that tells a story, can be fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama
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novel: extended work of fiction; product of a writer's imagination with a complex plot
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oral tradition: literature that is passed from one generation to another by word of mouth
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orator: a skillful and powerful public speaker
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parallelism: the use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar of complementary in structure or meaning
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parody: a comic imitation of another work or type of literature
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persuasion: to win over by argument or to convince
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Prose: ordinary writing
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realism: refers to any effort to offer an accurate and detailed portrayal of actual life; based on careful observations of contemporary life,
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repetition: saying something over and over; repeating something to make a point
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rhetorical questions: used to make a point; answer is obvious; not used to receive an answer
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romanticism: placed importance on emotion and its affect on individuals. It dealt with imagination
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sermon: a form of religious persuasion in which a speaker exhorts (urges) the audience to behave in a more spiritual and moral fashion
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simile: a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common, using a word such as like or as
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slave narrative: an autobiographical account of life as a slave
