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8895751204ModeGENERAL form, pattern, and MANNER of expression of a work0
8895754765Montagequick SUCCESSION OF IMAGES or impressions used to express an idea1
8895766746MOODemotional tone in a work of literature2
8895769364Moralbrief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature3
8895845314MOTIFphrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme4
8895853457Museancient Greek goddess presiding over arts5
8895859372MYTHIMAGINARY story part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society6
8895866402Narrativeform of verse or prose that tells a story7
8895869680Naturalismoften used as a synonym for realism8
8895876929Non sequiturstatement or idea that FAILS TO FOLLOW logically9
8895879851Novellawork of fiction of roughly 20,000 to 50,000 words10
8897305221Novel of Mannersnovel focusing on social customs and habits of a PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUP11
8897311792Odelyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and EXALTED FEELINGS12
8897324818Old EnglishAnglo-saxon language13
8897327920OMNISCIENT NARRATORnarrator with UNLIMITED AWARENESS, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story14
8897338118ONOMATOPOEIAuse of words whose SOUNDS SUGGEST their meaning15
8897342959Ottava Rimaeight line rhyming stanza of a poem16
8897347317OXYMORONterm consisting of contradictory elements JUXTAPOSED to create a paradoxical effect17
8897354863Ironyexpression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated implying ridicule or light sarcasm18
8897359201Meterpattern of stressed and unstressed syllables19

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