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Allusion
Passing reference or indirect mention
Carpe Diem
Latin for "Seize the Day"
Coincidence
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time
Detail
An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole/extended treatment of particulars
Foreshadowing
The act of providing vague advance indications
Grotesque
distorted and unnatural in shape or size
Irony
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn/Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurred
Mood
Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Style
Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
Sympathy
Sharing the feelings of others (especially the feeldings of sorrow or anguish)/ An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
Theme
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
Tone
The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Topic
The subject matter of a book, play, movie, etc
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General Terms.txt
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vocab for honors english
Updated
2011-08-20T15:51:08Z
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