David Copperfield

GLOSSARY

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   Antithesis – a balanced statement; a figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other.
   
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   Apostrophe – to turn away from the general audience of a work to address a specific group, person, or thing (see Personification), including those that are absent, dead, or imaginary.
   
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   Assonance – The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables (see also Alliteration). Assonance differs from rhyme in that rhyme is a similarity of vowel and consonant: "lake" and "fake" demonstrate rhyme, "lake" and "fate” demonstrate assonance.
   
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   Historical counterpart a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
   
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   Historical novel, a novel that has as its setting a period of history and that attempts to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions of a past age with realistic detail and fidelity (which is in some cases only apparent fidelity) to historical fact.
   
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   Mellow Gentle and understanding, especially from being mature or experienced: "She had seen him as a survival of a leisurely and tolerant age, a mellow man" (Elisabeth Ogilvie).
   
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   Metonymy: a figure of speech that substitutes the name of a related object, person, or idea for the subject at hand.
   
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   Mood: the feeling, or atmosphere, that a writer creates for the reader. Connotative words, sensory images, and figurative language contribute to the mood of a selection, as do the sound and rhythm of the language.
   
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   Panoramic portrait An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high. The resulting images take the form of a wide strip.
   
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    Personality the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character. "she had a sunny personality that was very engaging"
    
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    Satirical power given to heartless sarcasm satire applies to writing that exposes or ridicules conduct, doctrines, or institutions either by direct criticism or more often through irony, parody, or caricature. a satire on the Congress repartee implies the power of answering quickly, pointedly, or wittily.