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| is a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life; allegories often have a strong moral, or lesson. |
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| is a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life; allegories often have a strong moral, or lesson. |
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| is a picture or an imitation of a person's features or mannerisms exaggerated to appear comic or absurd. |
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| is literature with a love story at its core. The basic plot often develops as follows: an old, established society tries to prevent the formation of a new one (the union of a young couple). The young couple succeed in the end. In comedy, human errors or problems may appear humorous. |
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| One character in a story has a problem with one or more of the other characters. |
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| A character has a problem with some element of society: the school, the law, the accepted way of doing things, and so on. |
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| A character has a problem deciding what to do in a certain situation. |
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| A character has a problem with some natural happening: a snowstorm, an avalance, the bitter cold, or any other element of nature. |
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| A character must battle what seems to be an uncontrollable problem. Whenever the conflict is a strange or unbelievable coincidence, it can be attributed to fate. |
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| is the set of facts or circumstances surrounding an event or situation in a piece of literature. |
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| is an established technique or device in literature or in drama. Dues ex machina is a common convention in Greek and Roman drama. |
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| is the final solution or outcome of the play or story. |
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| is a person or thing that suddenly appears, providing a solution to a difficult problem. THe person or thing is lowered to the stage by means of crane in classic drama. |
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| is the conversation carried on by the characters in a leterary work. |
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| are words that are old-fashioned and no longer sound natural when used, as "I believe thee not" for "I don't believe you." |
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| is an expression that is usually accepted in informal situations and certain locations, as in "He really grinds my beans." |
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| (technical diction) is the specializied language used by a specific group, such as those who use computers: ovverride, interface, download. |
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| is launguage that shows disrespect for someone or something regarded as holy or sacred. |
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| is the launguage used by a particular group of people among themselves; it is also language that is used in fiction and special writing situations to lend color and feeling: awesome, chill out. |
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| expressions are expressions that lack depth or originiality, or are overworked or not worth mentioning in the first place. |
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| is launguage that is gnerally considered common, crude, gross, and, at times, offensive. It is sometimes used in fiction to add realism. |
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| literature that instructs or presents a moral or religious statement. It can also be, as in the case of Dante's Divine Comedy or Militon's Paradise Lost, a work that stands on its own as valuable literature. |
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| is the form of literature known as plays; but drama also refers to the type of serious play that is often concerned with the leading character's relationship to society. |
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| is a literary work (or part of a literary work) in which a character is speaking about him- or herself as if another person were present. The speaker's words reveal something important about his or her character. |
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| literature generally refers to the prose and poetry created during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) |
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| is what happens in a story: the events or conflicts. If the action is well organized, it will follow a pattern, or plot. |
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| is a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways, too. |
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| is a short summary of an interesting or humorous, often biographical incident or event. |
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| is the person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work. |
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| is an author's account or story of her or his own life. |
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| is the story of a person's life written by another person. |
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| is a short piece of writing that reveals or shows something important about a person or fictional character. |
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| is the method an author uses to reveal or describe characters and their various personalities. |
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| is the turning point, and usually the most intesnse point, in the story. |
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