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9th Grade
04/20/2011

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  1. ARCHETYPE
Definition
  • . A very typical example of a certain person or thing.
  • An original that has been imitated
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Dialect
Definition
A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
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Static Character
Definition
a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work
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Denotation
Definition
a word that names or signifies something specific
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Dramatic Monologue
Definition
a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.
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Epithet
Definition
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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Hyperbole
Definition
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”
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Irony
Definition
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
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Lierary Criticism
Definition
a written evaluation of a work of literature
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Novella
Definition
a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.
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Oxymoron
Definition
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
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Paradox
Definition
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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Parallelism
Definition
agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel
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Personificaton
Definition
the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art
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Prose
Definition
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
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Satire
Definition
a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
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