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| 8679365912 | Metonomy | Substituting a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it. EX. Pay tribute to the crown; figure of speech in which the word represents something else which it suggests. For example in a herd of fifty cows, the herd might be refereed to as fifty head of cattle. The word "head" is the word representing herd. | 0 | |
| 8679384986 | Microcosm | A small "word" that stands for the larger one: In The Lord of the Flies, the island is representative of the worlds political realm; in One Flew... Cuckoo's Nest, the hospital is representative of totalitarian authority and or technical control. | 1 | |
| 8679396219 | Narritve | A story. | 2 | |
| 8679397225 | Narrative Pacing | The way a story moves: quickly because of piled up conjunctions and long sentences, or slowly, perhaps because of fragments, short sentences, repetition or punctuation. | 3 | |
| 8679428090 | Narrator | Speaker or persona, the one who tells the story. | 4 | |
| 8679431954 | Ode | A long, formal lyrical poem with a serious theme; a form of lyrical poetry using elaborate, sophisticated vocabulary in iambic pentameter. It usually focuses on a single person or object. Ex: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" - the poet is talking to a piece of pottery in a museum. | 5 | |
| 8679477964 | Onomatopeia | The use of the word to represent or to imitate natural sounds. EX: sizzle, buzz, pop, hiss. | 6 | |
| 8679483339 | Oxymoron | Techniques used to produce an effect by a seeming self-contradiction. EX: cruel kindness, make haste slowly. | 7 | |
| 8679489795 | Parable | A short story to prove a point with a moral basis (New Testament stories by Christ) | 8 | |
| 8679493182 | Paradox | A statement which contains seemingly contradictory elements or appears contrary to common sense, yet can be seen as perhaps true when viewed from another angle, such as Alexander Pope's statement that a literary critic would "damn that paint praise" | 9 |
