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Literary Terminoly
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English
9th Grade
12/03/2008

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Term
juxtaposition
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mise en scene
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pejorative
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hyperbole
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framing
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antagonist
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protagonist
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1. the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
2. a proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc.
3. the leader or principal person in a movement
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simile
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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance,
something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
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jingoism
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the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
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antidisestablishmentarianiam
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