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4868873297allusiona reference to a person, place or event mesnt to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea0
4868873298archetypean abstract or ideal conception of a type: a perfectly typical example; an original model or form1
4868873299dramatic ironyA circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character2
4868873300extended metaphora series of comparisons between two unlike subjects3
4868873301figurative languagein contrast to literal language, this implies meanings, figures of speech include metaphors, similes and personification, amoung many other things4
4868873302foreshadowingprovides hints of things to come in a story or play5
4868873303hyperboleoverstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect6
4868873304imagea word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled or felt7
4868873305metaphora figure of speech that compares unlike objects8
4868873306morala brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature9
4868873307moodthe emotional tone in a work of literature10
4868873308motifa phrase, idea or event that through repitition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature11
4868873309personificationa figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics12
4868873310settingthe total environment for the action in a novel or play. it includes time, place, historical milieu and social, political and even spiritual circumstances13
4868873311similea figurative comparison using the words LIKE or AS14
4868873312symbolismthe use of one objet to invoke ideas and associations not literally part of the orginal object15
4868873313themethe main Idea or meaning often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built16
4868873314tonethe author's attitude towards the subject being written about. This is the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work - the spirit or quality that is the works essential essence17
4868873315verbal ironya discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words18

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