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| Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of the word |
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| A reference to a historical event or person |
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| A metaphor put in Laymans Terms/easy way to understand |
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| The repetition of a word,phrase,clause at the beginning of a word,phrase,clause |
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| Putting words,clauses,phrases in an unexpected order |
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| A very short personal story |
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| Engaging and general feelings |
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| The noun that applies later to the pronoun of a sentence |
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| Giving human qualities to other living things |
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| A central character that is developed without typical/admirable qualities |
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| Sharply and opposing ideas expressed in a balanced and parallel structure. I.E. "Dying is eary, Living is hard" |
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| Short witty remarks with little bits of wisdom |
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| Extended dash indicating an interruption |
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| When a character speaks to something non-living or non-present as if it were present and is capable of understanding |
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| A noun or a noun phrase set off by commas. Used to give information about a previous noun. |
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| An appropriate name. When the characters name means something. |
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| Repitition of vowel sounds |
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| Intentionally omitting a conjuction when you are supposed to have one |
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| The details of the setting |
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| Out of its historical time period |
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| Word of phrase at the end of something that is used to begin the next phrase/clause |
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| Any "coming of age" novel. |
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| Listing characters or information. Walt Whitman and Tim O'Brien used this. |
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| When the author tells you what you're supposed to think |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| You come to a conclusion about the character through inference and reading development |
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| A character that doesn't show any depth or change through the book. Normally a minor character |
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| Depth of character development. Normally a major character |
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| A change in a profound way |
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| When your repetition creates an X in your sentence |
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| Expressions that are unique to certain geographic locations |
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| Any of the expected elements of certain types of Fiction. I.E Gothic |
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| Breaking up a sentence for repetition |
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| Word with multiple meanings |
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| When you put "..." in a sentence |
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| When the end of a line of poetry has no punctuation so you read into the next line as one idea |
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| The repetition of a word, phrase,clause at the end of a word,phrase,clause. "A government of the people, for the people, by the people." |
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| Language that sounds good but is often used to mask the truth |
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| Series of hyphenated words used as one part of speech. |
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| When the speaker asks a question and proceeds to answer the question |
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| When someone uses a wrong word that sounds like the word they mean |
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| A specific type of metaphor wheere in a subject closesly accosiated with the concept becomes the representative. "The pen is mightier than the sword" |
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| A recurring symbol that develops a major theme. |
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| Word choice that sounds like its meaning |
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| Two words that contradict each other but the meaning in clear |
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| A sentence that contradicts itself |
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| The idea that you have to be consistent with the order of things |
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| When a charcter spouts off cliches like its fresh in their mind |
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| Intentionally including conjunctions when you shouldn't |
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| When a character, non-present or non-living responds as if he were there |
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| The art of using language effectively |
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| Repetition of a word in a sentence with two different connotations. "We must hang together, or we will hang seperately" |
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| The combination of anaphora and epistrophe |
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| A type of metaphor where in a part of the whole represents the whole. "All hands on deck" |
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| A label given to literature that accurately describes its values and morals of the time period |
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| A very specific type of allusion that precedes the work. Sets the tone and suggests the theme |
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| When a whole work is a metaphor |
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| Any of the expected elements of certain types of fiction. (For ex. Gothic Conventions) |
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| Tying up the loose ends in a story. Falling action. |
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| Tying up of a character. Sometimes used by authors after a characters death. (For ex. "Requiem" in Death of a Salesman" |
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| Starting in the middle of the story/action. (The Odyssey) |
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| Blatantly telling what will happen in the future |
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| A word that the author wants you to read with a double meaning |
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| Gruesome, graphic descriptions. |
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| Psychological/emotional details |
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| When the subject and verb come first in the sentence |
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| Characters thought process in a very organized and structured format |
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| Words that sound like its meaning |
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| When nature represents human emotions |
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| When the subject and the verb are in the end of the sentence |
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| Physical details about a character |
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| When an author gives himself the authority to omit/add things to their writing |
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| When a character who isn't the protagonist narrates the story. (Great Gatsby, One Flew) |
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| When the protagonist narrates the story. (Huck Finn) |
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| 3rd Person limited Omniscient |
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| When the reader only hears the thoughts of one character. (Catcher in the Rye) |
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| When the reader hears the thoughts of multiple characters. (The Scarlet Letter) |
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| When the thoughts of a character are delivered in an unorganized format |
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| Term from the Puritan period. No fiction. All writing must have a purpose |
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| When something is true because the author says it is |
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