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4749590051naturalisma nineteenth century literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was.0
4749590750modernismbold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during the first third of the twentieth century1
4749590751epigraphA brief quotation found at the beginning of a literary work, reflective of theme.2
4749591017antiheroa protagonist who is markedly unheroic3
4749591018juxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts4
4749591777periodic sentenceA sentence that presents its main clause at the end5
4749591778appositionplacing side by side two noun phrases next to each other and one identifies the other "The mountain was the earth, her home."6
4749591946tricolonSentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length7
4749591947antithesisContrast of ideas in parallel construction8
4749592369casual relationshipform of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as part of a logical argument9

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