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| repetition of the beginning consonant sounds (like a tongue twister) |
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| reference to something outside the work, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical |
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| short summary of a funny event |
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| character against the main character, usually the bad guy or villian |
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| the direct address of someone or something not present of real |
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| a recurring and familiar pattern in literature, like a journey or a wise old man |
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| a character speaks to the audience and not to the other characters (there are other characters on stage) |
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| repetition of an internal vowel sound, as in "How now brown cow?" |
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| a story about a person written by that person in 1st person point-of-view. |
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| a poem that contains four-line stanzas, usually deals with love, adventure, and romance |
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| an author's account or story of another person's life |
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| unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter |
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| the process of creating a character; can be done indirectly or directly |
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| the author tells you exactly what the character is like |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| the author tells you the actions, behaviors, and comments of a character and allows you to draw your conclusions |
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| the sequence in which things happen (first, second, third,...) |
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| a five-line poem that does not rhyme |
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| an old saying; a word or frase that is overused (ex. busy as a bee) |
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| a style of writing in which similarities and differences between 2 things are discussed |
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| a poem writtin in a shape that suggests it's subject matter |
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| a struggle between a character and something else |
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| a struggle between a character and some outside force (man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. society) |
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| a struggle inside of a character (man vs. himself) |
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| personal meaning of a word (connotative language) |
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| dictionary meaning of a word |
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| conversation between two or more characters |
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| poetry in which one or more characters are speaking, not the author |
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| rhyming words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry |
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| a long narrative poem about a hero and gods and goddesses |
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| a word or phrase used in place of a person's name to help characterize that person |
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| type of writing presents facts, gives directions, defines terms; purpose is to offer info or explain something |
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| a metophor that may go on for several lines or for the length of a poem |
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| highly imaginary characters and events |
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| language not meant to be taken literally (word-for-word) |
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| first person point of view |
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| the narrator is a character in the story; uses "I, me, our, we, my" |
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| a story's sequence is interrupted and a chacter goes back to an earlier time |
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| one event hints at a later event |
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| poetry that has no rhyme, rhyme, meter, or stanzas |
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| a type or writting (short story, poem, drama, novel, biography, essay...) |
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| a character whose actions are inspiring and overcomes great obstacles |
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| Japanese poetry that has three lines or three-line stanzas |
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| stories that center upon some significant historical events |
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| a line which contains ten syllables (every other syllable is stressed); five feet in each line |
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| words which appeal to one or more of the five senses (taste, touch, smell, feel, hear) |
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| difference between the way things appear and the way they really are |
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| the reader knows something the other characters do not know |
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| the opposit of what you expect to happen occurs |
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| saying one thing but meaning another |
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| a five-line poem which rhymes |
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| highly musical poetry which expresses the feelings or observations of the speaker |
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| comparison of two things without using "like" or "as" |
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| the repetion of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
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| a speech or performance given entirely by one person or one character |
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| the emotion created in the reader by all or part of the literary work |
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| a story that involves the reader in guessing who committed the crime or deed |
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| a fictional tale that explains of gods or heroes, or the causes of natural phenomenon, or both |
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| poetry that tells a story |
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| prose that explains ideas or is about real people, places, objects, or events |
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| the narrator is not part of the story's actions but appears to know what everyone in the story is thinking or feeling |
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| words which imitate sounds |
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| opposites side by side; two words used together that contradict each other |
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| a statement that seems contrary to comon sense and yet is perhaps true |
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| repetion of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns |
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| giving human characteristics to a non-human thing |
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| type of writing which presents info to support or prove a point; expresses an opinion and tries to convince the reader that the opinion is fact |
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| the sequence of events in a literary work |
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| the part of a story or play that explains the background or makes conflict clear |
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| events which gets the story going and leads to the climax |
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| characters face or try to solve a problem |
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| the action that takes place in a story after the climax and that resolves the conflict |
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| vantage point from which a story is told |
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| limited third person point of view |
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| the narrator is not part of the story's action and the narrator's knowledge is limited to what the protagonist thinks or feels |
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| ominiscient third person point of view |
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| the narrator is not part of the story's actions but appears to know what everyone in the story is thinking or feeling |
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| when a character 'gets what he deserves' |
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| the opening lines of a drama that give background information |
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| the opening lines of a drama that give background information |
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| the ordinary form of written language, not poetry, drama, or song |
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| a play on words; a word that has a doouble meaning |
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| the regularly repeated group of lines in a poem or song |
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| a sound, word, or phrase that is used more than once |
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| a question that is not meant to be answered |
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| repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
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| pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
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| literary device used to ridicule or make fun of a human weakness (ex Greed) |
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| fictional stories that center upon scientific elements |
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| time and place in which the action occurs |
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| comparison of two things using "like" or "as" |
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| a speech delivered by a character when he is alone on stage |
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| a fourteen-line poem that is written in iambic pentameter and rhymes |
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| a narrative technique that presents thoughts as if they were coming straight from a character's mind |
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| a group of lines in poetry that are separated by spaces |
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| an author's unique way of writing that involves word choice and sentence patterns |
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| something that represents itself and something else |
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| writer's attitude about a topic |
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| a play with an unhappy ending |
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