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| Indirect Characterization |
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| the author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the characters effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action |
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| a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker |
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| in poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed. "Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike" |
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| a metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid |
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| an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different |
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| a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it. "We requested from the crown support for our petition" |
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| the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition |
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| a reoccurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several ones by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme |
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| a poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died |
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| a relatively short story that teaches a more or lesson about how to lead a good life |
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| a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme |
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| a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
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| an adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality. "Father of our country" and "the great Emancipator" |
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| a "play on words" based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things |
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| a character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or villain contrasting the hero |
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| a word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several times in a poem |
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| poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
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| a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. "If you don't drive properly, you will lose your wheels." |
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| figurative expression that replaces a name or a noun. Ex.: Bookworm |
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| a story in which a heroic character either dies or comes to some other unhappy end |
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