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6046097201ModeThe general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature.0
6046104621MontageA quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea.1
6046106309MoodThe emotional tone in a work of literature.2
6046107491MoralA brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature3
6046110513MotifA phrase, idea, or event, that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature.4
6046114265MuseOne of the ancient Green goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer.5
6046119299MythAn imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religion tradition of a group or society6
6046125870NarrativeA form of verse or prose that tells a story.7
6046127804NaturalismA term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.8
6046132260Non sequiturA statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before.9
6046134712NovellaA work of fiction of roughly 20,000 to 50,000 words- longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel.10
6046141468Novel of MannersA novel focusing on the describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group.11
6046145217OdeA lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.12
6046150308Old EnglishThe Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D13
6046157538Omniscient NarratorA narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story.14
6046161167OnomatopoeiaThe use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.15
6046163953Ottava RimaAn eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem.16
6046167296OxymoronA term consisting of contradiction elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effects.17

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