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Question 1

a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things

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Simile

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a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters,

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Allegory

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a pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythm of natural speech rather than metric.

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Caesura

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a unit of meter where the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is

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Iambic

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a dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings.

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Denotation

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a repetition of similar sounding words, occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.

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Rhyme

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refer to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly

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Connotation

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the created narrative voice of the poem.

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Speaker

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Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or the similar in it meaning.

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Parallelism

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a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.

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Theme

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a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole

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Synecdoche

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Speech which uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful.

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Figurative Language

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a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

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Conflict

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a literary device that explains the details about a character in a story.

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Characterization

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a literary device that defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction

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Denouement

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is a remark made mockingly, ironically, or in bitter contempt.

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Sarcasm

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is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme.

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Stanza

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is the main character in a story, novel, drama, or other literary work.

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Protagonist

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a recurrent symbol or motif throughout storys that represents universal pattern of human nature

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Archetype

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the practice of beginning an epic

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In Media Res

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Word in which ideas places characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative

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Juxtaposition

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the arrangement of words into a sentence that make sense in a given language.

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Syntax

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a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way.

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Conceit

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a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story.

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Plot

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device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession to achieve an effect

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Polysyndeton

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a character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or singer takes on in order to perform.

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Persona

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an imitation of a particular writer exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect

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Parody

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a verse with four lines

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Quatrain

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literary device that demonstrates the short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhythm

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a character, that is an obstacle or is in direct conflict with the protagonist.

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Antagonist

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an understatement in which a positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite.

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Litotes

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figure of speech in which words are used in a way that the word meaning is different than real

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Irony

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a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis.

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Hyperbole

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a narrative element with symbolic meaning that repeats throughout a work of literature.

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Motif

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a device used in descriptive writing to create a exaggerated silly comic effect.

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Caricature

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an author employs to let the readers hear and see what takes place in a story, poem, or essay.

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Point of View

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a stressed and unstressed syllable pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem.

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Meter

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hidden comparison between two things that aren't related but share some common characteristics

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Metaphor

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a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to be contrasted

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Antithesis

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a type of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering

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Tragedy

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a short piece of fiction that features animals in t usually includes or illustrates a moral.

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Fable

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Figure of speech usually represented by a exclamation point to speak to someone not present.

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Apostrophe

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A monologue used to reveal the character innermost thoughts.

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Soliloquy

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the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing mean

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Metonymy

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Four metrical feet of two syllables each alternating between stressed and unstressed syllables

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Trochaic

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is the repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words.

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Assonance

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a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

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Foreshadow

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a figure of speech, which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end.

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Parable

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the language used by the people of a specific area class district or any other group of people.

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Dialect

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Using irony and humor to expose foolishness and corruption of a individual.

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Satire

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a lyrical stanza written in praise for a person, event, or thing.

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Ode

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the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work's central theme or subject.

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Tone

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a repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

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Assonance

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a specialized set of terms and language that is used in a particular context and setting.

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Jargon

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use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities

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Symbolism

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refers to a word that phonetically mimics or resembles the sound of the thing it describes.

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Onomatopoeia

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is the time and place in which the story takes place.

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Setting

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the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing.

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Colloquialism

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a literary l device in which a word or group of words is repeated in successive clauses

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Anaphora

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is a figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradictory elements are juxtaposed

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Oxymoron

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to use figurative language to represent object and actions that appeals to our physical senses.

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Imagery

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means a type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style.

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Genre

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treating of a character so that the character is immediately identified with a group

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Stereotype

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a literary device where words in a line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound

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Alliteration

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