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Describes the relationship between the action (and state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments. When the subject is the agent or actor of the verb, the verb is in the active voice. |
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An extended narrative, which carries a second meaning along with its surface story; the people and events are symbolic. |
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. |
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| Referring metaphorically to persons, places, and things from history or previous literature. Enrich their contexts by reminding the reader of relevant associations |
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An explanation of one thing by comparing it point by point with something else. |
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The forces arrayed against the main character (persons, things, conventions of society, or traits of the protagonist's own character). |
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An abrupt declension (either deliberate or unintended) on the part of a speaker or writer from the dignity of idea which he appeared to be aiming at. (ex. "The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.") |
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Using contrasts for effect (ex. Deserts are dry; oceans are wet) |
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The direct addressing of a person, an inanimate entity, or an abstract quality as though it were present and listening.
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An essay, which attempts to convince the reader of the truth of a premise by means of logic and other forms of persuasion. |
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Usually relate to how certain types of evidence cannot be used to logically conclude something. |
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Old-fashioned, out-of-date language and expressions. |
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A stage convention used to indicate words spoken by a character but heard only by the audience and not by other characters on stage. |
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The repetition of vowel sounds without the repetition of the same consonants. (ex. The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.) |
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The mood the reader gets from the setting, the characterization and the tone of the narrator. |
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The people for whom a written work or presentation is intended. |
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A non-fictional account of a person's life written by the subject. |
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Traditionally, narrative poems that began as songs and were handed down orally. |
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Four-line stanzas (quatrains) with alternating four-beat and three-beat lines, and rhymes in the second and fourth lines. |
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A subjective point of view in which the writer's opinion affects the integrity of the work. |
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A non-fictional account of someone's life. |
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Usually iambic pentameter but no rhyme. (ex. Shakespeare's plays) |
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