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Literary Terminology
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English
9th Grade
12/03/2008

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Juxtaposition
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an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
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Mise en scene
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when all the elements of a film or artwork come together to create something huge.
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Pejorative
Definition
having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force
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Hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration.
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Framing
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formulation of the plans and important details;
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antagonist
Definition
One who opposes and contends against another
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Protagonist
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The main character in a drama or other literary work.
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Simile
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A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as,
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison
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Jingoisn
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Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy
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pseudo-antidisestablishmentarianism
Definition
false opposition to the withdrawel of state support from a church
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