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| When two stories are going on at the same time. A story that is about one thing but really has something else underlying. |
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Repeating the first letter sounds in a phrase.
Ex. "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" |
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| A reference/ comparison to something well known. |
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| There is more than one meaning to what is being said. Circumlocution. |
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| A metaphor used to explain something. |
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The word that s being replaced by a pronoun.
Ex: Billy went to the store and got eggs, but he had to run because he was running late for an appointment. The antecedent is "Billy", because later in the phrase, it is simplified by replacing "Billy" with "He" |
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| A short, quick quotation with a well known author. |
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| The overall setting/ feel of a piece. Similar to mood |
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| A phrase that has a subject and a predicate. |
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| Regional, slang words used in everyday speech that change over time. |
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| A form of extended metaphor. |
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| Different meanings of words that are picked up over time. |
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| The dictionary definition of a phrase. |
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| A nice way of saying something that is not nice |
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| A metaphor that is longer than a singular phrase. |
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| Language that can be analyzed, like similes, metaphors, symbols, etc |
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| Themes that are commonly associated with certain genres of writing. For example, a sex scene in a romantic novel, etc. |
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| A general category that can describe a writing piece. Ex. Narrative, Romantic, Persuasive, Argumentative, |
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| A small "sermon" or speech or story included in the midst of a piece of writing. |
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| To use something to suggest another topic/ to suggest something else. |
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| Profanities, bad language |
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| The opposite of what is expected occurs |
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| Independent clause falls before the dependent |
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| A direct comparison without using like or as |
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| When something is closely related to something else and the two things become linked together. Ex. The white house and the president. |
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| Atmosphere, how the author makes the reader feel |
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| Where the writer tells a story |
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| Words that describe sounds |
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| Pretty Ugly, Jumbo shrimp. An ironic phrase. |
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| When opposite or unexpected things are paired together |
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| When grammatical structure is similar |
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| Saturday night live. Style where fun is made of current events or popular culture |
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| Overly educational/ jargoney |
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| Dependent clause comes before the independent clause |
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| When human qualities are given to inanimate objects |
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| First person, third person, etc. |
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| Writing that is not poetry |
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| When you repeat things... |
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| Narrative, cause and effect, comparison, etc. |
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| A style that is mean and makes fun of something else |
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| Words, word history, connotations, denoations, etc. |
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| How something is written overall |
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| The transitive property of literature |
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| Something that represents something else. |
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| Sentence/ grammatical structure |
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| Motif, big idea, general feeling |
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| The main point/ main topic of a piece. |
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