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| a person's unusual mood; temperment |
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| to give a title or nickname to |
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| a group that enjoys superior status |
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| no suitable; inappropriate |
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| marked by trembling or shaking |
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| something kept as a reminder of a past event |
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| sounding or trumpets or other brass instruments |
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| one step in the line of a family |
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| to arrang troops in position for battle |
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| very careful and paying attention to detail |
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| about to happen in the near future |
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| to bring about or inflict; to vent |
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| capable of recovering quickly of misfortune |
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| how the writer reveals a character |
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| compares something to another very different - he ran as fast as lightening. |
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| to see something that happened in the past |
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| hint as to what will happen |
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| appeals to the senses - makes you see, hear, smell, etc. |
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| comparison that does not use like or as |
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| comparison that uses like or as |
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| making an inanimate object have the characteristics of a person |
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| the exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution - series of events in the story |
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| vantage point from which the story is told |
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| the time and place of story |
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| a person, place, or thing that has meaning beyond itself |
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| the author's insight about life; what the author is trying to teach |
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| the attitude of the writer |
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