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| Repetition of inital consonant sounds |
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| a reference to a famous person, event, place, literary work, etc. |
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| A brief, usually humorous story used to illustrate a point. |
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| a character or force in a conflist with the main character. |
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| a one sided character with few traits. |
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| a fully developed character |
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| A character that changes as a result of the action in the story |
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| a character who stays the same throughout the story |
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| the technique used to create and develop a character |
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| Occurs when the writer states the character's traits |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| When the reader must infer what a character is like |
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| the qualities, attitudes, and values that a character has or displays |
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| the moment of greatest tension in the action of a story |
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| the struggle between opposing forces |
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| conflict within a character |
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| a conflict between a character and an outside force |
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| ideas or emotions associated with a word |
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| the dictionary meaning of a word |
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| a form of language spoken by people in a paticular region or group |
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| the writers choice of words |
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| Conversations between characters |
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| the introduction in the plot of a story |
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| a comparison that continues throughout a literary work |
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| writing that is not meant to be taken literally |
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| relating evens that occurred in the past; going back in time in a story |
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| hints about events that will happen in a story |
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| poetry with no rhyme or rhythm |
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| type or category of literature (Poetry, Drama, fiction, etc) |
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| descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the readers senses |
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| Contradiction between what is said and what is expected or meant |
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| when the reader knows something that a character doesnt |
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| Poetry that is very musical and/or song-like |
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| Comparison without like or as |
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| a comparison not directly said |
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| Third Person Limited P.O.V. |
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| when a story is told by an outside narrator, but from the point of view of one character. |
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| the rhythmical pattern of a poem |
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| the feeling created in the reader by a literary work |
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| Poetry that tells a story |
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| Poetry that tells a story |
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| the use of words that imitate sounds |
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| a figure of speech that links two opposite or contradictory words |
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| giving human characteristics to nonhuman things |
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| the sequence of the story |
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| the perspective from which a story is told in |
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| the main character in a literary work |
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| the time and place of story's action |
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| a comparison using like or as |
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| anything that stands for something else |
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| the central message in a literary work |
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| the writers attitude toward his/her subjet or audience |
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| a group of related lines in a poem |
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