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Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
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| to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war. |
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A narrated scene that marks a break in the narrative in order to inform the reader or audience member about events that took place before the opening scene of a work
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a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
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something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
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| a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story. |
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| A comparison betwn 2 disimilar things through the use of specific word of comparison such as like, as , than or resembles. |
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| Comparison btwn two unlike things w/ the intent of giving added meaning to one of them. |
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| a metaphor that continues into the sentences that follow. |
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| a more subtle comparison; the terms being compared are not so specifically explained. For example, to describe a stubborn man unwilling to leave, one could say that he was "a mule standing his ground." |
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| used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience |
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A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: “He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative” (Ralph Ellison) |
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| a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident used to illustrate a point |
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| word choice of the author , which reveals the attitude towards the character, subject or the reader |
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| a verse accounting of an event or sequence of events, real or invented |
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| a connected narrative in which an invdividual tells his or her life story |
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| a pity (brief and tease) observation that contains a general truth, such as "if it aint broke , dont fix it" |
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| an established principle or rule |
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in or into the middle of the narrative plot without the formality of an introduction or lengthy exposition; the story starts in the middle of action
Ex. The Illiad starts in the middle of the fight btwn Achilles and Agamemnon |
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