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| the chief character in a piece of literature |
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| a stanza consisting of four lines |
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| a quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust |
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| the body of principles and theory having to do with the presentation of facts and ideas in clear, convincing, and attractive language |
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| a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply |
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| the pattern, or sequence, in which the rhyming sounds occur in stanza or poem |
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| the part of dramatic plot which has to do with the complication of the action |
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| writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weaknesses and wrongdoing of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general |
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| an overindulgence in emotion which is characterized by a conscious effort to induce emotion in order to analyze or enjoy it, by a failure to restrain emotion through the exercise of judgment, and by optimistic overemphasis of the goodness of humanity |
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| comparison of one thing with another, announced by the word "like" or "as" |
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| approximate or near rhyme |
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| an author's method of disclosing the secret or inner thoughts of a character by having him speak his thoughts aloud to himself |
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| a lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually about love, containing definite rhyme patterns |
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| a conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea |
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| believes that whatever is experienced must be endured |
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| the arrangement of words in a manner which at once best expresses the individuality of the author and the idea and the intent in his mind |
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| emphasizes the imagination without conscious or rational control, as in dreams |
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| a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them |
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| something which is itself and yet stands for or suggests or means something else of deeper or wider meaning |
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| a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole |
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| the arrangement of words or elements in a sentence to show their relationship |
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| the central or dominating idea in a literary work |
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| an attitude or position a problem taken by a writer or speaker with the purpose of proving or supporting it |
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| the writer's or speaker's attitude toward his subject and his audience, and sometimes toward himself |
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| a term most frequently applied to the drama, a serious play in which the protagonist is overcome by the obstacles with which he is contending |
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| a statement for dramatic or humorous effect of less importance than the occasion would warrant |
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| the concept that a literary work shall have in it some organizing principle to which all its parts are related so that, viewed in the light of that principle, the work is an organic whole |
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| when a literary work contains some everlasting truth about human life, that is, if its ideas, situations, characters, or incidents are true to life, not only for the time of the work but for all times- past, present, and future |
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| a term used to describe the degree of correlation between a work and the reality it portrays |
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| a word or expression which is common but not good in use |
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