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5092449222GrotesqueAnything to do with horror0
5092449223ArabesqueAnything to do with wonder1
5092449224HyperboleDeliberate exageration for desired effect2
5092449225Local colorThe costons, manner od speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character3
5112636340Metaphysical Conceita clever figure of speech that makes a surprising comparison between two dissimilar things4
5112643599Metonymythe name of a thing is applied to another thing or person with which it is closely associated5
5112647043Narrativetelling a story or depicting a series of related events, usually in chronological order6
5112650292Novel of MannersA work of fiction that recreates a social world, conveying with finely detailed observations, aspects of behavior, language, customs and values characteristic of a particular class of people in a specific historical context7
5112659420occasionthe event for which we write8
5112660495Personanaming of speakers in literature, stressing that they are part of fiction, invented for a particular artistic purpose9
5112667829Pastoraldepicts rual life in an ideal manner but is naieve10
5112668813Pathetic Fallacyattributing human emotions to inanimate objects11
5112670577Point of viewthe mode or perspective established by the author, either 1st person, 3rd person observer, 3rd person limited or third person omniscient12

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