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Literary Terms 1.
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10th Grade
08/27/2010
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Term
archetype
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the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based.
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epic
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heroic; majestic; impressively great.
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epic hero
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the main character or protagonist in an epic that is heroically larger than life, often the source and subject of legend or a national hero.
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simile
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a figure of speech in which two things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose".
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