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| the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
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| a reference to another work of literature of to a familiar person, place, or event outside of literature |
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| a brief story told to entertain or to make a point |
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| the technique of presenting striking contrasts to emphasize an idea |
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| a brief statesment, often of a general truth |
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| a brief statement, often of a general truth |
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| the story of a person's life, written by that person |
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| the story of a person's life, written by another person |
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| a person or animal who takes part in the action of a work of literature |
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| the use of literary techniques to reveal the nature of a character |
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| the high point of interest or suspense in a story or play |
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| an event that heightens, or complicates a conflict that has already been introduced |
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| a struggle between opposing forces |
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| writing that creates a picture of a scene, event, or character |
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| the variety of a language spoken by the people of a region or social group |
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| a conversation between two of more characters |
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| the word choice of a character or narrator in a literary work |
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writing that tells a story through
dialouge and action |
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| a self-contained section of a longer story |
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| a brief nonfiction work that deals with one subject, often in a personal way |
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| the part of a plot that provides background information and that introduces the setting and the important characters |
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| a series of comparisons between two unlike things that have several elements in common |
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| a brief story, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson about human nature |
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| a type of children's story in which magic plays a central role |
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| writing about imaginary people, places, and events |
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| language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of the words |
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| a part of a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an earlier conversation, scene, or event |
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| a character who provides a striking contrast to another character |
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| a story that is handed down, usually by work of mouth, among the people of a region |
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| the technique of hinting about something that has not yet happened |
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| the main character in a story |
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| an exaggeration for emphasis |
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| the event that introuduces the conflict and sets in motion the plot of the story |
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| a direct comparison between two unlike things that have something in common |
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| the feeling created by a literary work |
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| the lesson taught by a story |
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| an element that appears over and over again in a literary work or in a group of literary works |
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| a traditional story, usually about a superhuman being or unlikely event |
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| any writing that tells a story |
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| writing about real people, places, and events |
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| a type of prose fiction that is longer and more complex than a short story or a long short story |
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| the use of words to imitate sounds |
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| a statement that seems to contradict itself |
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| the technique of repeating a grammatical pattern in a sentence or series of sentences |
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| the giving of human qualities to an object, animal, or idea |
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| the sequence of events in a story |
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| an expression of ideas and feeling in compact, imaginative, and musical language |
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| the perspective from whice a story is told |
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| writing organized into paragraphs |
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| a brief saying that expresses a truth or a bit of wisdom |
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| a phrase or sentence one or more lines in length |
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| the technique of using a sound, a word, a phrase, or a sentence over again for emphasis |
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| the point at which the conflict in a literary work ends |
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| the repetition of syllable sounds at the end of words |
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| the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines |
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| the patter of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem |
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| a unit of action that takes place in one setting |
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| writing based on real or imagined scientific developments |
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| words and phrases that appeal to the five senses; sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell |
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| the order of events in a literary work |
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| the time and place of the action of the story |
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| the way that words look on the page |
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| a work of fiction that can be read in one sitting |
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| a comparison using like or as |
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| the voice that talks to the reader in poem |
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| notes included in plays to help readers picture the action |
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| a group of lines that form a unit in a poem |
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| a character who conforms to a simplified common type |
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| the way in which a story, poem, or play is put together |
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| the way in which a work of literature is written |
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| a less important story that is woven into the fabric of the main story |
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| a person, place, of object that stands for something beyond itself |
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| a simple story told in prose or poetry |
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| the main idea of a work of literature |
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| the writer's attitude toward a subject |
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