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| a story in which the noble main character fails or dies because of a personal flaw or twist of fate |
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| the main character in a tragedy |
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| conformity to a standard of right |
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| a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confined or with whom private matters and problems are discussed |
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| moral depravity or corruption |
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| the audience's knowing of something the character is unaware of |
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a character that will by contrast help to accentuate another character's opposite personality
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| a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms |
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| the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words |
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| an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound |
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| a private remark that a character makes on stage to the audience that is not heard by other characters on stage |
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| a speech in which a character alone on stage thinks aloud to himself or herself |
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| a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story |
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| the time, location, and everything in which a story takes place, and initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story |
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| dictionary definition of something |
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| suggested meaning of something |
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| a word or phrase that presents any sensory details for the reader to experience |
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1) visual-sight
2) auditory-hearing
3)olfactory-smell
4) gustatory-taste
5) tactile-feel |
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| a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication |
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| words that have the same stressed vowel sound and the same sounds that follow |
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| words that rhyme within a line of poetry |
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sounds that are similar, but not identical(uses alliteration or assonance to achieve the same effect)
ex. neck/back, hello/hollow |
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| the repitition of the same vowel sound in a short span of poetry |
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the sound of the word fits the meaning of the word
ex. buzz, snap |
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