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| Overused and uninteresting |
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| The ability to start something |
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| The suggested meaning of a word |
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| To meet or come together formally |
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| The process of rotting or breaking down |
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| The specific meaning of a word |
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| To discourage someone through persuasion |
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| A spoken or written tribute |
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| Saying one thing but doing the opposite |
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| Something newly introduced or created |
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| An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. |
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| Something that gets in the way |
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| Unpleasantly; noticeable or bold |
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| Showing early or advanced maturity |
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| Widely existing or practiced |
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| To put off doing something |
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| Seeking unrealistic goals |
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| A very brief account of an incident. |
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| A main character who is often referred to as “the bad guy”. This character often opposes change. |
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| a personal account of life told by the author |
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| an account of a person's life written or told by another person |
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| process of revelaing a character in a story |
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| competitive or opposing action of incompatibles |
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| Has only one or two traits. |
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| A character who is used to contrast another |
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| a clue or prediction that something evil will occur soon |
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| serious, objective,and inpersonal in tone Its purpose is to inform, and should be supported by facts. |
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| language that appeals to all senses |
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| a comparison not using like or as |
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| tells about a series of related events in chronological order |
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| Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places. |
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| a type of tone where the opinion of the writer is not present |
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| A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, |
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| reveals a great deal about a writer's personality and tastes conversational even humorous |
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| A kind of metaphor giving human qualities to nonhuman objects |
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| a form of writing that uses reason to try and lead a reader or listener to think or act a certain way |
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| information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. |
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| A main character often referred to as “the good guy”. This character works in opposition to the antagonist. |
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| Like a real person with many different traits |
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| the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, orthe like in exposing, denouncing, or deriding voice, folly, etc. |
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| A comparison using like or as |
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| a contrast between what seems appropriate or what we expect and what really happens. |
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| A character does not change much in the course of a story. |
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| a type of tone where the opinion of the writer is present |
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| Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and something beyond itself |
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| The central idea or point of a story |
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| statement of direction or focus in a work of literature that states the main point and provides focus or purpose for the essay |
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| Attitude writer takes towards the theme |
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| a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something different |
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| full bibliographic citations located at the end of the document |
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