MAP Vocab 231-240

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appositive

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A phrase that renames a noun

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allegory

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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archetype

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A very typical example of a certain person or thing

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omniscient

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All knowing

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colloquial

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Casual language

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apostrophe

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A literary device in which the speaker talks to someone who is not there

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paradox

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A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that may prove to be true

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syntax

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The arrangement of words in a sentence

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ellipses

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A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, used when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage

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oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase