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 a theme is the central topic a text treats. 

The theme of "The Hapiness Machine" is that happiness is not a contraption.

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Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

"...seemed to fill the little salon, fluttering through it like a bird, hovering in it like a spirit"(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 1).

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

"Above the sea, at the edge of the horizon, an enormous, indistinct gray mass was emerging"(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 1).

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 defined as a reason behind a character's specific action or behavior

In "The Painted Door", John went back outside into the storm because he saw his wife cheating on him.

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Situational Irony:irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

"Late at night, Leo Auffmann, on the front porch, wrote a list he could not see in the dark" (The Happiness Machine by Ray Bradbury pg 2).

Verbal Irony: irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning

"She spoke the French of France. I was surprised. I asked her, "You're not from Corsica?"(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 3).

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the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

"Five years ago, I took a trip to Corsica. This wild island is more unknown and more distant to us than  America..."(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 2).

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the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

In "The Hapiness Machine", Leo Auffmann builds a machine to make his like more joyous, only to discover that his family is what really makes him happy

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refers to who is telling a story, or who is narrating it.

"And so for a month, I had wandered through this magnificent island, with the feeling that I was at the end of the world"(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 2). -example of first person

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

"She found one and pressed it into the slot, hoping it would be Pavarotti, only to be greeted by the strident tones of Gloria Gaynor assuring her 'I will survive.' "(Never stop on the Motorway by Jeffrey Archer pg 4).

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atmosphere refers to the feeling, emotion, or mood a writer conveys to a reader through the description of setting and objects.

"It was now touching red. 'Oh my God', she said, realizing she  might not have enough gas to reach the town"(Never stop on the Motorway by Jeffrey Archer pg 11).

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Character can be defined as any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.

The main character in "Never stop on the Motorway" is Diana

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A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story.

"It was tea time, before the lamps were brought in"(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 1). - It is symbolic how we tell time by chores and activities, not the clock. 

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an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence.

"Five years ago, I took a trip to Corsica"(Happiness by Guy de Maupassant pg 2).

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refers to the use of indicative word or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.

The mysterious appearance of Corsica foreshadowed the unknown love of the two people on the island - Happiness by Guy de Maupassant

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the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

"She slowed down, he slowed down. She accelerated, he accelerated. She tried to think what she could do next, and began waving frantically at passing motorists as they sped by, but they remained oblivious to her predicament"(Never stop on the Motorway by Jeffrey Archer pg 8).

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