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the passing down of cultural knowledge by mouth from generation to generation
oral tradition
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a culture's idea of how the world and its inhabitants were created
creation myth
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recurring narrative elements (situations, characters, and symbols) that appear in stories across cultures and that speak human experiences
archetypes
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a story that uses supernatural forces or beings to explain an aspect of life or the natural world and that was once held true by a culture.
myth
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a style of writing the Bradford take of. It involves a clarity, simplicity, and scarcity of elaborate figurative expression
plain style
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the main idea of the text, or life lesson
theme
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references to people, places, events or works of literature
allusions
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references to the writings of ancient Greece or Rome
Classical Allusions
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the belief that god provides for his people by directly intervening in their lives and that he does so for ultimate good and his own glory. It is also the belief that god is actually at work in the world, directing even natural forces to accomplish his will.
divine providence
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artful deviations from literal speech or normal word order
figurative language
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is an imaginative comparison using 'like' or 'as'
simile
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is an imaginative comparison of two dissimilar things, which can be implied or stated, brief or extended.
personification
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is an address to an absent person, abstraction, or object; it makes an abstraction personal.
apostrophe
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descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions to create an impression. Imagery takes the form of simile, metaphor, and personification
imagery
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the words mean what they say
literal
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the words don't mean what they say
figurative
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says something is something
metaphor
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when something takes on a non-human and act as if it is.
personification
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often used phrase that doesn't mean what it says
idiom
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is a figurative of speech in which a writer directly addresses a thing, concept, or absent person. a apostrophe is written in the second person, using the pronouns you and yours.
apostrophe
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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
hyperbole
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the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object
anthropomorphism
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a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole, or vice versa.
synedoche
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
allusion
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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
oxymoron
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the act of portraying a character in a narrative directly (through telling) or indirectly (through showing) is known as characterization. This is shown through:
1. actions
2. speech
3. appearances
characterization
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writing that emulated Greek and Roman models.
Neo Classical
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instruction in literature
didacticism
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word choices. Diction may refer to connotations of words or the cumulative effect of chosen vocabulary. possible descriptions might be formal or informal; ornate or plain; abstract or concrete, esoteric or colloquial
diction
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