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| 54448014 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | |
| 54448016 | tone | The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters | |
| 54448017 | foil | a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another | |
| 54449650 | syntax | sentence structure | |
| 54449659 | objective point of view | the narrator does not enter the mind of any character but describes events from the outside | |
| 227717768 | hyperbole | exaggeration for, a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | |
| 227717769 | limited omniscient point of view | narrator focuses on the view of only one character | |
| 227717770 | chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | |
| 227717771 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses | |
| 227717772 | oxymoron | example: a grand failure | |
| 227717773 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end | |
| 227717775 | deus ex machina | any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot | |
| 227717777 | in medias res | beginning in the middle of the action (in the middle of things) | |
| 227717778 | connotation | refers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition | |
| 227717779 | blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) | |
| 227717780 | crisis | an unstable or critical situation in which the outcome will make a decisive difference for better or worse | |
| 227717781 | omniscient | The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters. | |
| 298910010 | gothic | characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque | |
| 298910011 | closed form | Type of poetry in which the structure is dictated or predetermined. | |
| 298910012 | euphemism | Ex: In war, "collateral damage" is another way of saying "civilian deaths" |
