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A secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main story line.
Ex. Hamlet loses his father as does Ophelia. |
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A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original.
Ex. Scary Movie 3 |
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| A mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution. |
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A literary movement concerned with spontenaity, dreams and idealism, the individual, and the variety and power of nature.
Ex. Cervantes: Don Quixote |
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The point in a literary work in which the chief dramatic complication is worked out.
Synonyms: denouement, conclusion |
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A literary movement concerned with detail, psychology, objectivity and character portrayal.
Ex. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales |
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| The method of narration in a work. |
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The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts.
Ex. "The sea that bares her bosom to the moon" -Wordsworth, "London, 1812" |
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| The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience. |
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