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an analogy identifying one object with another and ascribing to the first one or more qualities of the second. ie. Autumn is a metaphor for old age. |
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A figure of speech that makes brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object. ie. The Pequod's name in Moby-Dick is an allusion to the Pequot tribe, who were all wiped out. |
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A simple element that serves as a basis for expanded narrative ie. The black v. white motif is very prevalent in Moby-Dick. |
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| a play designed to be read rather than acted. |
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the collections of images within a work, sometimes taken to be the keys of deeper meaning within a work. ie. Christ imagery can be the images of crosses. |
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| a genre where the work ends in a culminating catastrophe or the fall of someone from a high position |
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| the character, or quality of emotions, of the speaker or writer as reflected in speech or writing |
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| a play on words based on the similarity of sound between two words with different meanings |
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| a foot consisting of an accented and an unaccented syllable |
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