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What is the use of a portion or part of something to represent the whole

synecdoche

Which of these is a quotation positioned at the beginning of a work that sometimes introduces a particular theme

epigraph

Which of these terms is defined as any traditional feature of a specific type of literature that has been accepted over a period of time

convention

Which of these is a literary work that uses the supernatural and elements of horror and was popular in the late 1700s and early 1800s

Gothic Novel

How silver sweet sound lovers tongues by night like softest music to attending ears

how silver sweet sound lovers tongues by night

like softest music to attending ears

Which of these genres would an author use to record the events and personal experiences of his or her life

Memoir

Which literary device is used in this sentence The east edge of the earth was easily seen

Do you mean alliteration? Like "Whitley watches whales whisper to worms"

What refers to a son's romantic obsession with his mother

Oedipus Complex is the name for a son's romantic obsession with his mother.

Which of these is a figure of speech in which contrasting or paradoxical ideas are presented in parallel form

antithesis

What form of ordinary written or spoken language is expressed without verse meter or rhyme

prose

What forms of organization arranges events in the order in which they occurred

chronological order

What literary term is used in this sentence sally ran faster than a herd of stampeding buffalo

Hyperbole.

Who wrote the book Seize the Day

Seize the Day was written by Saul Bellow. Published in 1956, Seize the Day was Saul Bellow's fourth novel about a failed actor who has to come to terms with his own personality and failures.

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How did Elizabeth learn about Darcy's role in convincing Charles Bingley to not become romantically involved with Jane Bennet

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What is stream of consciousness

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Which of these terms is defined as a metaphor used in poetry to compare two unlike people or things

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What is the use of a portion or part of something to represent the whole

Which of these is a quotation positioned at the beginning of a work that sometimes introduces a particular theme

Which of these terms is defined as any traditional feature of a specific type of literature that has been accepted over a period of time

Which of these literary types is written in the form of letters and was popular in the 1700s

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What is the use of a portion or part of something to represent the whole

Which of these is a quotation positioned at the beginning of a work that sometimes introduces a particular theme

Which of these terms is defined as any traditional feature of a specific type of literature that has been accepted over a period of time

Which of these literary types is written in the form of letters and was popular in the 1700s

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