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| A quotation at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of a theme | ||
| A Major character's moment of realization or awareness | ||
| term used to characterize a person or thing | ||
| the use of a word or phrase that is less direct | ||
| the act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text | ||
| background information provided by the writer to enhance the reader's understanding of the context of a fictional or nonfictional text | ||
| a type of comedy in which one-dimensional characters are put into ludicrous situations; | ||
| a word or phrase that are inaccurate literally, but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing describes evoke laughter | ||
| a form of expression in which words are used out of the usual sense in order to make the meaning more specific | ||
| a character whose traits are the opposite of another and who this points up the strengths and weakness of the other character | ||
| sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunction | ||
| unsual or suprising comparison between two very different things | ||
| language that descrives specific, observable things, people, places, rather than ideas or qualities | ||
| implied meaning rather than literal meaning | ||
| repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity | ||
| sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars | ||
| word choice | ||
| term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model or correct behavior or thinking | ||
| when the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a characters perception of a situation and the truth of that situation | ||
| a formal sustained poem lamenting the death of a particular person | ||
| sentence structure that leaves out something in the second half | ||
| a persistent feeling of tiredness or weariness which often afflicts existential mean, often manifesting as boredom |
