Vocabulary List 30

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like a myth; not real

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mythical

Front

ordinary spoken and written language; not poetry.

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prose

Front

a way of describing something by comparing it to something else without using the words like or as

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metaphor

Front

the story of a person's life, written by himself

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autobiography

Front

in the form of a story

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narrative

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a brief story that has a moral and uses talking animals as characters

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fable

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a book that continues where an earlier one left off

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sequel

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a story in which people, animals, or things have hidden meanings to explain or teach some truth.

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allegory

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a way of describing something by comparing it to something else using the words like or as

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simile

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a name used by a author instead of his real name

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pseudonym