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a personal record of daily events, usually written in prose.
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diary
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word choice
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diction
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a poem in which an imaginary character speaks to a silent listener.
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dramatic monologue
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An anti-utopian novel where, instead of a paradise, everything has gone wrong in the attempt to create a perfect society
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Dystopian novel
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a solemn and formal lyric poem about death
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elegy
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is a symbolic figure or shape presented through the arrangement of the lines of a poem.
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emblematic image
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The running over of a sentence or thought into the next couplet or line without a pause at the end of the line; a run-on line
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enjambled
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long narrative poem originally handed down in oral tradition, later a traditional literary form – dealing with national heroes
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epic
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a quotation that appears at the beginning of a literary work.
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epigraph
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a term introduced by James Joyce to describe a moment of revelation or insight in which a character recognizes some truth.
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epiphany
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a word or phrase that states a characteristic quality of a person or thing
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Epithet
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a short, nonfiction work about a particular subject
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essay
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a short tale or anecdote with a moral, especially one used in a medieval sermon
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exemplum
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the part of the plot that introduces the characters, the setting, and basic situation.
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exposition
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a highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life.
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fantasy
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A theatrical composition in which broad improbabilities of plot and characterizations are used for humorous effect.
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farce
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prose writing about imaginary characters and events
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fiction
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writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally
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figurative language
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an expression or a word used imaginatively rather than literally
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figure of speech
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a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time.
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flashback
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a character who provides a contrast of another character, thus intensifying the impact of that other character.
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foil
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songs that originated among illiterate peoples and were passed from singer to singer by word of mouth
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folk ballad
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the use, in a literary work, of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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foreshadowing
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poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter
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free verse
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a term used to describe literary works that make extensive use of primitive, medieval, wild, mysterious, or natural elements
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gothic
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