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Jargon
- The specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession.
- Ex. TAKS, NCLB
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Juxtaposition
placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast.
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Legend
A narrative handed down from the past, containing historial elements and usually supernatural elements.
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Limerick
Light verse consisting of five lines of regular rhythm in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, and the second and third lines rhyme.
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Limited narrator
A narrator who presents the story as it is seen and understood by a single charater and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought, or felt by that one character.
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Literary license
deviating from normal rules or methods in order to achieve a certain effect.
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Litotes
- a type of understatment in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite.
- Ex. Not too bad to look at, Not a pretty picture.
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Malapropism
The mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar.
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Maxim
A concise statement, often offering advice; an adage.
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Metaphor
A direct comparison of two different things.
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Metonymy
- Sustituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it.
- Ex.The pen [writing] is mightier that the sword [war/fighting].
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Mood
The emotional atmosphere of a work.
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Motif
A standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works.
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