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| any poem that tells a story; has characters, setting, and plot |
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| laments the loss of a loved one |
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| written about the achievements of warriors |
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| expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker; usually retells events in the speaker's life |
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| story featuring knights, kings, and damsels in distress |
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| anonymous traditional story that reflects the attitudes of a society |
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| long narrative poem that celebrates the deeds of a hero |
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| story that teaches a lesson; animals are often used as characters |
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| two-word metaphorical name for something |
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| a sound break in the middle of a line of poetry |
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| code of honor among knights |
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| struggle between a character and an outside force |
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| struggle within a character; usually involves a moral decision the character has to make |
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| character traits are stated in a straightforward way |
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| indirect characterization |
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| character traits are implied through description |
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| author hints at events that willl occur later in the story |
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| details that appeal to the five senses |
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| an object used to represent something beyond itself |
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| a general truth about how life operates that is implied through a work of literature |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| words written in sentence and paragraph form; general term to describe any form of writing that is not poetry |
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| tells what actions are occuring during a play |
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