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| character with many traits; both virtues and vices |
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| character with only one or two traits; usually a minor character |
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| characters with contrasting traits |
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| writer hints at events that will happen later in the story |
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| long speech delivered by an actor alone on stage; expresses the character's inner thoughts and feelings |
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| long speech in which a character addresses another character on stage |
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| a short remark delivered by a character in a play; expresses the character's thoughts |
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| contrast between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true |
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| comparison between two unlike things; uses words such as "like" or "as" |
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| comparison between two unlike things; states that one thing is another |
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| a nonhuman thing is described using human traits |
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| word created by the blending of two or more words |
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| pattern of end ryhme in lines of poetry |
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| speaker; imaginary voice assumed by the writer |
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| a general truth about life that is implied by a work of literature |
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| an object that represents something beyond itself, such as an abstract idea |
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| poetry that tells a story; has characters, setting, and plot |
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| repetition of beginning sounds in poetry |
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| the protagonist of an epic |
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| long comparison between two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as"; usually goes on for several lines of poetry |
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