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| Time and place of a story or play |
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| Series of related events that make up a story or drama |
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| The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
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| Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time |
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| Reference to a statement, a person, a place or an event from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts |
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| The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action |
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| The outcome or solution of the plot |
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| The part of a literary work that begins with the exposition and sets the stage for the climax |
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| The events of a dramatic or narrative plot following the climax |
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| Struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions |
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| Character struggles against an outside force |
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| Character struggles internally with opposing needs, desires, or emotions |
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| Information from the text that helps the reader identify a word or word group |
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| Contains alphabetical list of words and definitions for those words |
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| A reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects |
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| An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world |
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| The works or a list of the works referred to in a text or consulted by the author in its production |
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| Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish fresh insights into an idea or subject |
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| A figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as |
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| A figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them |
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| A partial similarity, as the computer is like the brain |
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| An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech, such as I have told you a million times |
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| Using words that sound like their meaning, such as purr, buzz, or hiss |
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| The representation of ideas, animals, or objects as human beings by endowing them with human qualities |
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| An expression that does not mean what it literally says, such as "He put his foot in his mouth", meaning that he said something embarrassing |
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| A set of mental pictures or images; the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas |
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| The use, in literature, of objects, characters, and situations that represent something beyond themselves |
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| The emotional association suggested by the primary meaning of a word or phrase that affects its interpretation and meaning |
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| A direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea - Dictionary meaning |
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| To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge |
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| The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true |
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| The order of events or particular occurances |
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| A format for writing in which the author states a problem and a solution or solutions to solving the problem are offered |
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| A literary technique of placing together like people, places, or ideas to show common or different features |
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| A composition in writing or speech that gives a clear picture of a character or event |
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| Something or someone that brings about a particular result, and the result of that action or event |
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| A subject that people think, talk, and write about |
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| The chief topic of a passage expressed or implied in a word or phrase |
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| Small pieces of information that one by one assist the reader in seeing the whole concept or picture |
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| A central idea developed in a work of fiction |
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| The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning |
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| Person, place, thing or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself |
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| The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character |
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| The emotional state of mind expressed by an author or artist in his or her work |
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| Type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in oder to bring about social reform |
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| Language that appeals to the senses |
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| Vantage point from which a writer tells a story |
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| Narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening in other places |
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| First person point of view |
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| Narrator is a character in the story. We hear and see only what the narrator hears and sees |
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| To state in too strong terms; exaggerate |
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| An apparently contradictory statement that suggests a truth, as life is but a dream |
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| Suggests that you should believe or do something because others are doing it |
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| Uses important-sounding "glad words" that have little or no real meaning. These words are used in general statements that cannot be proved or disproved. Words like good, honest, fair, and best. |
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| Uses experts or other famous people to endorse a product or idea |
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| Uses the words or testimony of an authority on the subject |
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| Uses numbers and facts to back up the point |
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| Any method and approach used to spread ideas that further a cause - a political, commerical, religious, or civil cause |
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| A personal and sometimes unreasoned judgement |
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| An author's method of treating a character so that the character is immediately identified with a group. A character may be associated with a group through accent, food choices, style of dress, or any readily identifiable group characteristic. |
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| Individual in a story, poem, or play |
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| Main character in fiction or drama |
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| The character or force that blocks the protagonist |
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