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What is anachronism?
event or detail existing out of its proper time in history
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What is diction?
word choice for clarity, effectiveness, and precision
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What is a flashback?
a scene in a piece of literature that interrupts the action to show an event that happened at an earlier time
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What is a monologue?
long, interrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters
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What is a parody?
mimicking or copying a story to make fun of it
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What is an apostrophe?
speaking to something that cannot speak back
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What is direct characterization?
an author states exactly the personality of the character
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What is a flat character?
character that has only one or two characteristics representing one or two traits
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What is motif?
a similar dominant or recurring element in folk tales, advertising or political campaigns
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What is rhythm
arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern
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What is an aside?
dialogue stated directly to the audience in drama
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What is double entedre?
a word or expression capable of more than one interpretation; the meaning is ambiguous
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What is narrative hook?
an event at the beginning of a narrative that grabs the reader's atttention
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What is round character?
a character who is complex; a primary character
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What is assonance?
repetition of similar vowel sounds
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What is dramatic poem?
has more than one speaker or part of a play
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What is foil character?
a character that sets off another character by contrast; two opposite characters
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What is narrative poetry?
poetry that tells a story
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What is stream of consciousness?
continuous flow through time
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What is comedy?
literary work with a happy ending
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What is euphemism?
the substitution of a milder, vaguer, or pleasanter, word or expression for one considered to be offensive or unpleasant
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What is indirect characterization?
characterization through the character's dialogue or actions
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What is personification?
figure of speech, in which a non human is given human characteristics
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What is theme?
the main idea or the basic meaning of a work