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| The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. |
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| A word or group of words which stand for a meaning other than the literal one. |
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| When 2 or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound. |
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| A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an anima, object, or concept. |
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| A refrence to a well-known person, place, event. |
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| The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. |
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| Exxageration is used for emphasis or effect. |
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| A comparison is made between 2 unlike thangs that actually have something in common. |
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| "I could have slept for a year." |
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| "Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk." |
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| Summertime in a New England town near a river. |
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| Easygoing, yet energetic and lighthearted. |
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| 14 year old boy. Enjoys fishing and likes a girl named Sheila Mant |
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| Rising action of Sheila Mant |
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| The narrator finally gets up the nerve to ask Sheila out for the folloing event. Also the narrator automatically places his fishing rod in the water. |
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| Narrative Hook of Sheila Mant |
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| Tha narrator catches a bass |
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| Main conflict of Sheila Mant |
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| Internal conflict. Has to make a descision, let the bass go or the girl go |
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| Occurs when the narrator chooses to cut the bass loose. He chooses the girl over the fish. |
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| Falling Action of Sheila Mant |
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| The narrator and Sheila Mant go to the fair, where they dance once or twice. Later, Sheila leaves the narrator to go home with Eric Caswell. She tells the narrator that he is a funny kid. |
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| The narrator relizes that he made a big mistake by choosing Sheila over the bass. He explains that his intrest in her faded quickly, but his regret over the lost bass has haunted him over the years. |
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