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allegory |
a story or description in which the characters, places, and other items or symbols, and the emphasis is on the moral truth which lies beneath the events of the story |
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allusion |
a reference in a literary work to the Bible, mythology, history, or other literature |
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apostrophe |
speaking to an inanimate object or an absent person |
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climax |
the point of greatest interest or highest intensity; the turning point which usually comes very near the end just before the final outcome when the conflict or conflicts are resolved |
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dialect |
regional language; words and pronunciation which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people |
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imagery |
words which appeal to the senses. |
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irony |
saying one thing and meaning something else; the discrepancy between what a character or speaker says and what the author intends |
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personification |
a comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or animal |
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realism |
the use of details to present a truthful interpretation of life. |
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romanticism |
a presentation of life as we would like it to be-- more adventurous, exciting, or unusual than it actually is |
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symbol |
something which has meaning in itself and also represents something beyond itself |
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theme |
the main idea of a story or poem |
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tone |
the speaker's attitude |
