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| A dramatic form characterized by excessive sentiment, exaggerated emotion, sensational and thrilling action, and an artificially happy ending[image] |
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| A comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. Usually implied rather than directly stated[image] |
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Any regular pattern of rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables.
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An extended speech by one person[image] |
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| The overall emotional atmosphere of a scene or situation[image] |
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A suspense story which contains a crime and a solution by a detective[image] |
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| Applies particularly to a story connected with the religion of a primitive civilization. Usually about gods or superhuman beings and are invented to explain certain beliefs or some aspect of nature[image] |
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| The story or account itself[image] |
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| The telling of a story[image] |
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| The person telling the story[image] |
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objective (language, tone, etc.) |
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Not about the thoughts of the speaker or writer; giving the facts as they are without bias.
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| The narrator knows only what can be heard and seen from outside the characters' thoughts and emotions[image] |
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| An eight line stanza[image] |
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| A lyric poem of some length, serious in subject and dignified in style[image] |
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| God-like scope; able to enter the mind of any character at any time to reveal his thoughts, feelings, and beliefs[image] |
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| The use of words which sound like what they mean[image] |
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| Two contradictory words placed side by side for emphasis (ex. jumbo shrimp)[image] |
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