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Literary Devices and Tragic Structure
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English
9th Grade
05/09/2009

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PLOT
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EXPEDITION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION
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ALLITERATION
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REPETITION OF SAME SOUND AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD
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HYPERBOLE
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EXAGGERATION
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TRAGIC FLAW
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FLAW THAT LEADS TO THE ULTIMATE DOWNFALL OF A CHARACTER
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ALLUSION
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BRIEF REFERENCE TO A PERSON, EVENT, PLACE, OR PHRASE THAT IS OUTSIDE THE LITERARY WORK YOU ARE READING
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NEMESIS
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THE FORCE IN THE STORY THAT REQUIRES THE MAIN CHARACTER TO FACE THEIR SHORTCOMINGS- TO REVEAL THE FACT THAT A CODE WAS BROKEN
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ASSONANCE
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REPETITION OF INTERNAL VOWEL SOUNDS
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ODE
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POEM THAT EXPRESSES GREAT EMOTION
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SONNET
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POEM THAT ENDS IN A COUPLET
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IRONY
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WHAT HAPPENS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS EXPECTED
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SARCASM
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KIND OF IRONY; PRAISE WHICH IS REALLY AN INSULT
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SATIRE
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EXPOSURE OF THE VICES OR FOLLIES OF AN INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, INSTITUTION, OR IDEA
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IDIOM
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EXPRESSION THAT ISN'T LITERAL
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EUPHEMISM
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NICE WAY TO SAY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SO NICE
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CATHARSIS
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PURGING OF EMOTION
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HAMARTIA
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SIN- THE BREAKING OF A MORAL CODE
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HUBRIS
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EXCESSIVE PRIDE
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ANTITHESIS
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WHEN 2 IDEAS ARE OPPOSITE FROM ONE ANOTHER OR WORK AGAINST EACH OTHER
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CONSONANCE
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SIMILAR CONSONANT SOUNDS NOT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD
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PUN
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