| A | B |
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| passage | a portion or section of written work |
| prose | the ordinary form of spoken or written language |
| conflict | controversy |
| symbolism | using symbols to represent of things |
| propaganda | the deliberate spreading of rumors and such designed to influence opinions |
| plot | the storyline in literature |
| dialect | a variety of language used by people in the same region |
| sarcasm | a cutting remark used to insult someone |
| personification | inanimate objects are giving human qualities |
| critic | a person who judges literary works |
| irony | a technique uses expressions or situations that have opposite meanings |
| soliloquy | device used in drama to show a character's inner thoughts |
| poetry | the art of rhythmical composition |
| synthesis | combining more than one complex thing into a simplier thing |
| pitch | to promote an idea |
| tragedy | a dramatic composition dealing with a sad theme |
| inference | the process of thinking that allows a person to find a conclusion that is not always obvious |
| metaphor | a figure of speech comparing unlike things |
| analyze | to examine |
| essay | a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject |
