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Section 1

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Genre

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a major category or type of literature

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Invective

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an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack

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frame device

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a story within a story. An example is Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in which the primary tales are told within the "frame story" of the pilgrimage to Canterbury

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Foreshadowing

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the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work

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Hubris

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excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

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Idiom

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An expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect

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Hyperbole

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intentional exaggeration to create an effect

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Imagery

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the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses

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Inductive reasoning

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deriving general principles from particular facts or instances

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Inference

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a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence

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flat character

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A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story

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Juxtaposition

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Placing of two items side by side to create comparison or contrast

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flashback

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the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative

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Implication

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a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly. NOTE: the author/sender implies; the reader/audience infers.

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Jargon

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the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession

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Irony

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the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs

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hypothetical question

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a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition

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homily

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a sermon, or a moralistic lecture

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