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romance

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a story that presents remote or imaginative incidents rather than ordinary, commonplace experiences

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prosody

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the science or art of versification, including the study of metrical structure, rhyme, stanza forms, etc.

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rhetorical question

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a question that expects no answer. It draws attention to a point and is generally stronger than a direct statement

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natural order of a sentence

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this involves constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate

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pentameter

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a verse written in five-foot lines

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repetition

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saying again, again, and again

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rhetorical modes/ forms of disclosure

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narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative

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periodic sentence

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a __ makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached

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parable

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a __ is a brief story, usually with human characters, that teaches a moral lesson

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parallelism

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refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence. It involves an arrangement of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased

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repetition

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a device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and create emphasis

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paradox

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a statement that seems contradictory, unbelievable, or absurd but that may actually be true in fact

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words that sound like what they mean (buzz, clang, and hiss)

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Personification

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the treatment of an object or an abstract idea as if it were a person

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myth

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a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the causes of natural phenomena. Some are a kind of primitive science, explaining how and why natural phenomena came about

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motif

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the main theme or subject

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metaphor

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a comparison, like a simile but usually implied and without a comparative word such as like or as

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monometer

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a verse written in one-foot lines

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rhetoric

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the skill of using spoken or written communication effectively

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Metonymy

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the use of the name of one thing for that of another associated with or suggested by it

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pedantic

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an unnecessary display of scholarship lacking in judgement or sense of proportion

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prose

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the ordinary form of written or spoken language, without rhyme or meter; speech or writing that is not poetry

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rhyme scheme

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a __ is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

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point of view

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in fiction, __ is the person or intelligence the writer creates to tell the story to the reader. it may be that of a character in the story or of an outside observer who is not part of the action

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mock heroic

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burlesquing or mocking heroic manner, action, or character

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mood

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the atmosphere of the literary work. An expression of the manner in which the action is done

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narrative

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the telling of any story, or the story itself; the plot

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parallelism

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refers to the repeated use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar in structure and meaning

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pun

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a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings

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novel

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a fictional prose narrative, usually long enough to be published in a book by itself

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parody

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a literary work that imitates and makes fun of another work, type of work, or specific author

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oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which opposites or contradictory ideas or terms are combined

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