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| the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a nearby words. |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words |
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| the repetition of a consonant sound within nearby words |
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| the use of words which mimic the sounds they describe |
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| the repition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other. |
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| rhyme that occurs at the end of lines |
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| the pattern of end rhymes |
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| refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| a character, action, or situation that is a prototype or pattern of human life a situation setting or character that occure over and over again in literature |
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| people or animals who take part in the action of a literary work |
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| word choice intended to convey a certain effect |
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| the dictionary meaning of a word |
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| the feelings and attitudes associated with a word |
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| a scene that interupts the action of a work to show a previous event |
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| the use of sensory details to describe one thing in terms of another |
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| hints or clues that suggest future action |
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| the overall felling created by an author's choice of words |
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| the sepuence of events in which a story takes place |
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| the perspective from which the story is told |
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| the story is told from a character who narrates his or her own expierences directly |
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| the story is told from a character who can only see part of a whole story |
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| the author is outside the story and presents the thoughts of all the characters involved |
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| the framework or organization of a literary section |
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| keep the readers attention and understand what will happen next |
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| the message that the author sends to the reader |
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| the writer or speaker attitude toward a subject character or audience |
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| the authors distinctive style |
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| the protaganist adversary |
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| the central character of a story |
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| with a single important trait |
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| character with several traits |
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| changes a little or not at all |
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| the methods a writer uses to communicate to readers |
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| the perosn who tells a story |
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| a change or movement in a literary piece |
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| the sequence of events in a story |
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| background material about the characters setting and situation |
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| the enviroment in which the story takes place |
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| interuppts the harmony and balance of the situation |
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| the part of a story when the tension start to rise |
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| the central source of tension |
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| central source of tension between them and outside character |
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| the central tension between character and self |
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| the moment when the action comes to its highest point |
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| the part of a story that follows the climax |
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| the conclusion of a story |
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| a point- by- point comparison |
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| a breif account of a intersting incident |
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| a form of language that is spoken in a particular place |
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| the actual words that characters speak |
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| an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect |
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| an exoression whose meaning is different from the sum of the meanings |
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| a particular tone created when the speaekr intends a meaning |
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| which a person is praising something but actually insuting it |
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| an image object character or action that stands for an idea |
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| a figure of speech in which the speaker says less than what he actualyy feels. |
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| a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present |
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| a comparison of 2 things not using '' like or as'' |
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| occurs when elements of a statement condradict each other |
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| the giving of human characteristics to inanimate objcets |
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| a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression |
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| a comparison of 2 things using '' like or as'' |
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| a part of something is used to signify the whole; |
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| sentence that makes a statement |
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| sentence that gives a command |
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| sentence that asks a question |
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| sentence that provides emphisis or express strong emotion. |
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| two independent clauses supported by a conjuction |
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| an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. |
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| two or more independetn clause and one or mare subordinate clauses |
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| makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending of th sentence |
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| makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached. |
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| phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure |
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| two statements that are balnced, but oppsite |
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| arrangement of ideas in the second clause in a reversal of the first |
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| deliberate omission of conjuctions in a series of related clauses |
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| intentional omission of a word or words that are readilly implied by the context |
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| a sentence with the predicate before the subject |
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| a poetic a rhetorical device in which normally associated with ideas, words or phrases |
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| constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate |
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| a grammatical or structural similarity betweeb sentences or part of a sentence |
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| deliberate use if many conjuctions for special emphasis |
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| device in which words sounds and ideas are used more than once. |
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| question that requires no answer. |
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| sentence fragement used deliberately for a persuasive purpose |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words |
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| repitition of the last word of one clause at the begining of the following clause |
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| repitition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the clause |
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| repitition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses |
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