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Arcane Lexicons of Literary Mastery
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  • 1. Pertaining to the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially texts
  • 2. A manuscript page from which the original writing has been erased to make room for later writing
  • 3. Psychoanalytic term for investment of emotional significance in an object or idea
  • 4. The melodic chanting of sacred texts, often cited in biblical studies
  • 7. The academic study of narrative and narrative structure
  • 9. Pertaining to letters or correspondence, often a novel form
  • 10. Elevation of a character to divine status, especially in epic literature
  • 14. A figure of speech substituting a part for the whole or vice versa
  • 15. Repetitive speech pattern doubling words or phrases, occasionally used in experimental prose
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  • 5. The quality of appearing true or real in narrative fiction
  • 6. Chronological inconsistency in literary or historical context
  • 8. To wander through texts or terrains, often referenced in travel literature
  • 11. Literary style intended to instruct or teach, often moral lessons
  • 12. Substitution of a mild or indirect expression for one considered harsh or blunt
  • 13. Phenomenon of speaking in unintelligible tongues, sometimes a surrealist motif
  • 16. Poetic technique where one line runs over to the next without pause
  • 17. Aristotelian concept of artistic imitation of reality
  • 18. A poem or statement retracting a previous sentiment or opinion

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