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4854195120ActionThe bare events in a story. Not to be confused with plot.0
4854195121AnalogyA comparison of two different things that are similar in some way1
4854195951ChiasmA statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")2
4854195952ConnotationAn idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning3
4854195953DenotationThe literal meaning of a word4
4854197323Digressiona temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing5
4854197324Eponymn. a person after whom a place, people, disease, etc. is named6
4854197325GenreThe major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama.7
4854198547Juxtaposition(n.) the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison (The interior designer admired my juxtaposition of the yellow couch and green table.)8
4854198548NovelAn extended piece of prose fiction: a major category in literature.9

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