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| rainbow-like; displaying a shifting range of colors |
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| inability to make a mistake |
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| suffering from conditions that destroy or prevent growth |
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| stubbornness; persistence |
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| disrespectful toward religion |
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| widespread killing; slaughter |
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| usual frame of mind; temperament |
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| not admitting or committing to any particular purpose or point of view |
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| a person in a story/play/poem |
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| has many character traits |
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| has only one or two character traits and contains no depth |
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| applying human qualities to an inanimate object |
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| when and where a story takes place |
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| the attitude a writer takes towards a subject/character/audience |
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| an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant |
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| when the author says one thing and means something else |
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| when the audience perceives something that a character does not know |
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| a discrepancy between the expected result and the actual result |
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| the vantage point from which a writer tells the story |
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| a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
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| a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" |
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| the central idea of a work of literature |
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| an ordinary object, even, person, or animal which has attached extraordinary meaning and significance |
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| gives setting, creates tone, presents characters, presents other facts necessary to understand the story |
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| obstacles the characters encounter |
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| result of the conflict, moment of highest interest and greatest emotion |
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| events after climax which close the story |
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| rounds out and concludes the action |
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| a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature |
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| hinting to the events to come |
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