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Courtney Lyons AP English
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English
11th Grade
04/22/2009

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Okonkwo
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protagonist of Things Fall Apart
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Chinua Achebe
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author of Things Fall Apart
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Nathaniel Hawthorn
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author of The Scarlet Letter
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Jocasta
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Oedipus' mother
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Oedipus
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protagonist of Oedipus Rex
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Pearl
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Hester's child in The Scarlet Letter
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tone
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the overall mood an author is trying to portray in a work of literature
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charater development
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the way an charater is shaped or developed throughout a work of literature
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simile
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a comparison between two different things using like or as
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allusion
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a reference to history, another work of literature
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diction
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word choice
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foil
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the opposite character of the protagonist that usually emphizes different qualities the protagonist doesnt have
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