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| satire | A kind of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weaknesses and wrong-doings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general. |
| iambic pentameter | A poetic line consisting of five verse feet, with each foot an iamb--that is, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. |
| narrator | The person telling the story. |
| setting | the time and place where a story takes place. |
| atmosphere | The prevailing mood or feeling of a literary work. |
| apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent or a dead person, an abstract quality, or something non-human is addressed directly. |
| conceit | A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things. |
| style | The individual way an author writes, how it is recognized and imitated. |
