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11th Grade
08/22/2013

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editorial
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An editorial, leading article (UK), or leader (UK) is an opinion piece written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper or magazine or any other written document. Editorials may be supposed to reflect the opinion of the periodical
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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
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Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones is a logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient's emotions, rather than valid logic
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epic
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Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
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epilogue
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Epilogue is a juried art gallery and artist community featuring only the best art.
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epiphany
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Epiphany is the web browser for the GNOME desktop
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epigram
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An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement.
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epitaph
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As many epitaphs are not written by the person who is being honoured,
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euphemism
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A euphemism 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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Phonaesthetics (from the Greek: φωνή, phōnē, "voice-sound"; and αἰσθητική, aisthētikē, "aesthetics") is the study of the inherent pleasantness (euphony) or unpleasantness (cacophony) of the sound of certain words, phrases, and sentences
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expert testimony
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An expert witness, professional witness or judicial expert is a witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise
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exposition
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The exposition is the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience
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expository essay
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The purpose of an expository essay is to present, completely and fairly, other people's views or to report about an event or a situation.
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extended metaphor
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An extended metaphor, also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds.[1][2][3] Tenor is the subject of the metaphor, vehicle is the image or subject that carries the weight of the comparison, and ground is the shared proprieties of the two compared subjects
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external conflict
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The conflict which a character has with someone else
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fable
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Fable is a literary genre
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falling action
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According to Freytag, a drama is divided into five parts, or acts, which some refer to as a dramatic arc: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action
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fantasy
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Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting
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farce
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a farce 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
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Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
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first person point of view
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A definition of the literary term first person point of view as used by fiction writers
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flashback
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Flashback Forum, Sveriges största forum för yttrande- och åsiktsfrihet samt självständigt tänkande.
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flat character
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A flat character 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
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A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a st
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formal essay
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A formal essay is a non-fiction essay that states a thesis and then provides evidence to prove it
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formal language
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a formal language is a set of strings of symbols that may be constrained by rules that are specific to it.
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frame story
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A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story
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foreshadowing
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Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.
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form is a section of a document containing normal content, markup, special elements called controls
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