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8987048139AllegoryA work with both a literal and symbolic level of meaning *Characters often represent ideas EXAMPLE: Narnia- Biblical Allegory0
8987061925AllusionA reference to an event or person in history or literature often adds significance or depth to a character or a text EXAMPLE: Finding Nemo's "Here's Brucy" recalls "Here's Johnny" to mind1
8987099961AntithesisDirect Opposite EXAMPLE: Marlin and Gill are father figures to Nemo Marlin has scars of loss, but Gill has physical scars2
8987136035ApostropheA poem directed to a non- verbal entity as if that entity could reply EXAMPLE: Dear moon,3
8987152961ArchetypeUniversal symbol *transcends time and culture EXAMPLE: Apple = Temptation Snake = Deception4
9060442183AsideWhen a character directly addresses audience *characters do not hear5
9060486449*god from the machine Dues ex machineUsed to describe a miraculous or other wise unbelievable or unrealistic ending6
9060496837DictionWriters choice of words *diction dictates tone7
9060562277EnjambmentEnd punctuation in the middle of the line of poetry and a new sentence of poetry begins8
9060582180Epiphanymovement of sudden intellectual awakening (revelation)9
9060663175Epistolary novelNovel that is told through a series of letters10
9060672923EuphemismPleasant way of saying something unpleasant EXAMPLE: Passing away11
9060702736EuphonyPleasant enjoyable sounds12
9062098678Foil13

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