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Definition
Is a grammatical voice common in many of the world's languages.
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Allegory
Definition
Is a literary device in which characters or events in a literary, visual, or musical art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.
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Alliteration
Definition
In language,alliteration is the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases. Alliteration has developed largely through poetry, in which it more narrowly refers to the repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed[citation needed], as in James Thomson's verse "Come…dragging the lazy languid Line along".
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Alluison
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Is a figure of speech that make refeience to some pople, places, words, or any other things, or implication
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Analogy
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Is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), or a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction,induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general.
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Antagonist
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Is a character, group of characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonistmust contend. In other words, an antagonist is a person or a group of people who oppose the main character(s).
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Antithesis
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Is used when two opposites are introduced in the same sentence, for contrasting effect.
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Apostrophe
Definition
Is a punctuation mark, and sometimes adiacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets.
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Argumentative Essay
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Is an evidentiary objection raised in response to a question which prompts a witness to draw inferences from facts of the case.
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Anecdotal Evidence
Definition
 refers to evidence from anecdotes. Because of the small sample, there is a larger chance that it may be unreliable due to cherry-picked or otherwise non-representative samples of typical cases.
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Archaic Language
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 Is the stage of the Egyptian language spoken during the Early Dynastic Period, which lasted up to about 2600 BC. The first known inscriptions in Archaic Egyptian date from around 3400 BC
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Aside
Definition
Is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.
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Assonance
Definition
Is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration andconsonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse.
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Atmosphere
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Is a layer of gases surrounding a material body of sufficient mass[3]that is held in place by the gravity of the body
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Audience
Definition
Is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art,literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatremusic (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception.
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Autobiography
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Is a self-written account of the life of a person.
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Ballad
Definition
Is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval Frenchchanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dancing songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the AmericasAustralia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides.
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Ballad Stanza
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Is the four-line stanza, known as a quatrain, most often found in the folk ballad. This form consists of alternating four- and three-stress lines.
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Bias
Definition
 Is an inclination of temperaments or outlook to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of (possibly equally valid) alternatives in reference to objects, people, or groups. Anything biased generally is one-sided and therefore lacks a neutral point of view. Bias can come in many forms and is often considered to be synonymous with prejudice or bigotry.
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Biography
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Is a detailed description or account of a person's life. It entails more than basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death) - a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality.
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Blank Verse
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is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.[1] It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the sixteenth century"[2] and Paul Fussell has estimated that "about three-quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse."
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Cacophony
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An American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker.
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Caricature
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Is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way.

In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.

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Case study
Definition
This article is about the method of doing research
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Catastrophe
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An extremely large-scale disaster, a horrible event
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Cause and effect
Definition
  • Cause and effect, the philosophical concept of causality
  • Cause and effect, a central concept of Buddhism; see Karma in Buddhism
  • Cause and effect, the statistical concept and test, see Granger cause
  • Cause and effect, the graphical method in quality control engineering, see Ishikawa diagram
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Character
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Characterization
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Is the art of creating characters for a narrative,including the process of conveying informationabout them. It is a literary element and may be employed in dramatic works of art or everyday conversation.
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Character foil
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Is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
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Chorus
Definition
 Vocal ensemble
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Chrnological order
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the science of locating historical events in time, basically a time line and is distinct from, but relies upon chronometry or timekeeping, and historiography, which examines the writing of history and the use of historical methods. Radiocarbon dating estimates the age of formerly living things by measuring the proportion of carbon-14 isotope in their carbon content.
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Cliche
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Is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, or effect, and even, to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
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Climactic order
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 a record of events starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred!!!
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Climax
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When you're on a roller coaster and you reach the highest point, that's the climax of the ride. This word is also used often in art and entertainment. In an adventure movie, there's usually a moment near the end when there's a lot of danger, suspense, and action — a point the whole movie has been building towards. That's the climax. After a climax, tension is released and things calm down. After a climax, you probably want to say "Whew!"
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Colloquialism
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is a wordphrase or paralanguage that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech or formal writing.
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Collquial language
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is informal language that is not rude, but would not be used in formal situations. 
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Comedy
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in the contemporary meaning of the term, is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatretelevision,film and stand-up comedy
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Comic relief
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a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama.
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Compare and contrast
Definition
are characterized by a basis for comparison, points of comparison, and analogies. It is grouped by object (chunking) or by point (sequential).
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Comparison
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 Grammar The modification or inflection of an adjective or adverb to denote the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees, as in English, along with the equative degree in certain other languages, such as Irish Gaelic.
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Conflict
Definition
like fight
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Connotation
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a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation.
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Consonance
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is a harmonychord, or interval considered stable (at rest), as opposed to a dissonance (Latin dis-, "apart" + sonare, "to sound"), which is considered unstable (or temporary, transitional).
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Contrast
Definition
put some together and complain it
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Couplet
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 is a pair of lines of meter in poetry.
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Denotation
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Is a translation of a sign to its meaning, more exactly, to its literal meaning. Denotation is sometimes contrasted toconnotation, which translates a sign to meanings associated with it.
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Denouement
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comprises events from the end of the falling action to the actual ending scene of the drama or narrative.
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Descriptive essay
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Is to describe a person, place, or thing in such vivid detail that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture of what is being written about. The author may accomplish this by using imaginative language, interesting comparisons, and images that appeal to the senses.
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Dialect
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Linguistics a variety of a language that is distinguished fromother varieties of the same language by features of phonology,grammarand vocabularyand by its use by a group of speakerswho are set off from others geographically or socially.
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a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language thatdiffers from the standard language, especially when consideredas substandard.
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a special variety of a language: The literary dialect is usuallytaken as the standard language.
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a language considered as one of a group that have a commonancestor: Persian, Latin, and English are Indo-European dialects.
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jargon or cant.
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Dialogue
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Is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more ("dia" means through or across) people.
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Diary
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Is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.
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Diction
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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:good diction.
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the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound qualitymanifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms ofprevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation.
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Didactic
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Is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art.
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Dilemma
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Is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is practically acceptable. 
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Direct presentation
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Author tells us straight out, by exposition or analysis, or through another character.
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Dissonance
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Is used to describe the feeling of discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs
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Drama
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Is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.
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Dramatic irony
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Is when the words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters.
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Dramtic monologue
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an uninterrupted speech (in present time) made by a character that is speaking with the hope or intention of bringing about some change in his/her circumstances, usually by effecting some change in the character or characters to whom he/she is speaking. 
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Dramtic from
Definition
The form of a drama is the way that the story is told, the way the characters play their parts, and/or the way the themes are explored.
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Editorial
Definition
Is an opinion piece written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper ormagazine or any other written document.
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Elegy
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Is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
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Emotional appeal
Definition
Is a logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient's emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument.
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Epic
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noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usuallycentered upon a heroin which a series of great achievementsor events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epicpoem.
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resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on thefounding of the country.
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heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war.
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of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epicproportions.
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Slang. spectacular; very impressive; awesomeTheir burgers andfries are epic!
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Epilogue
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Is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work.
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Epiphany
Definition
Is an experience of sudden and striking realization.
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Epigram
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Is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement.
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Epitaph
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Is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those responsible for the burial
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Euphemism
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Is a generally innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant.
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Euphony
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Is the study of the inherent pleasantness (euphony) or unpleasantness (cacophony) of the sound of certain words, phrases, and sentences.[examples needed] Poetry is considered euphonic, as is well-crafted literary prose.
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Expert testimony
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Is a witness, who by virtue of education,trainingskill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialised knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially and legally rely upon the witness's specialized (scientific, technical or other) opinion about an evidence or fact issue within the scope of his expertise, referred to as the expert opinion, as an assistance to the fact-finder.
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Exposition
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Is the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience; for example, information about the setting, events occurring before the main plot, characters' back stories, etc.
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Expository essay
Definition
Is a genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner.
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Extended metaphor
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 Is when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds.
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Exernal conflict
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Is a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which could be another character or the environment.
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Fable
Definition
Is a literary genre.
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Falling action
Definition
 It's the opposite of the rising action which leads to the climax. The falling action usually leads to the resolution.
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Fantasy
Definition
Is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plotelement, theme, or setting.
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Farce
Definition
Is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.
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Figurative language
Definition
Is a distinction within some fields of language analysis. Literal language refers to words that do not deviate from their defined meaning.
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Fist person point of view
Definition
is used primarily for autobiographical writing, such as a personal essay or a memoir. 
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Flashback
Definition
is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual has a sudden, usually powerful, re-experiencing of a past experience or elements of a past experience.
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Flat character
Definition
 is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story.
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Foil
Definition
Is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Is a literary device in which an author hints certain plot developments that perhaps will come to be later in the story.
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Form
Definition
Is the shapevisual appearanceconstitution or configuration of an object.
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Formal essay
Definition

A short, relatively impersonal composition in prose.

In contrast to the familiar or personal essay, the formal essay (also known as the impersonal essay) is typically used for the discussion of ideas. Its purpose is generally to inform or persuade.

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Formal language
Definition
Is a set of strings of symbols that may be constrained by rules that are specific to it.
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Frame story
Definition
Is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
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Free verse
Definition
Is an open form (see Poetry analysis) of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
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Genre
Definition
Is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or entertainment.
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Graphic text
Definition
Are options in ArcGIS for storing text to place on your maps.
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Hero
Definition
Was originally ademigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion
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Historical reference
Definition
It is like a book. You can take some things to visit it.
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Hyperbole
Definition
Is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device orfigure of speech.
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Iambic pentameter
Definition
 Is a commonly used metrical line in traditional verse and verse drama
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Image
Definition
Is an artifact that depicts or records visual perception, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject – usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it.
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Imagery
Definition
Is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work.
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Indeterminate ending
Definition
Some thing is not very make sure it have some drffient solution happen on the end.
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Indirect presentation
Definition
Like some indrouction for some things it will give some main things but have some thing you need to find it by yourself.
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Informal essay
Definition
like when you reading some books you need to make some noets for some things.
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Informal language
Definition
Like when you meet a people that you don not know the people. You will say hello.
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Interior monologue
Definition
You write some ideas that is from you heart and other people don not know.
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Internal conflict
Definition
One country divides two groups but they awalys have some driffence thinks for some things.
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Internal rhyme
Definition
is a sneaky kind of rhyme between words either in the same line or between a word in the middle of a line and the end of the following line.
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Irony
Definition
is a rhetorical deviceliterary technique, or event characterized by an incongruity, or contrast, between reality (what is) and appearance (what seems to be).
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Jargon
Definition
is "the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity occupational or social group.
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Juxtaposition
Definition
 is the placing of verbal elements side by side, leaving it up to the reader to establish connections and impose a meaning.
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