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19 Cards in this Set
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anecdote
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a very short tale told by a character in a literary work
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metaphor
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a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as"
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simile
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a figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a basis for comparison can be found, and which uses the words "like" or "as" in the comparison
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hyperbole
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a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs
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personification
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a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs
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imagery
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a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell
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point of view
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a piece of literature contains a speaker who is speaking either in the first person, telling things from his or her own perspective, or in the third person, telling things from the perspective of an onlooker. if the speaker knows everything including the actions, motives, and thoughts of all the characters, the speaker is referred to as omniscient (all-knowing). if the speaker is unable to know what is in any character's mind but his or her own, this is called limited omniscience
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diction
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the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
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syntax
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the study of the rules, or "patterned relations", that govern the way the words in a sentence are arranged.It concerns how different words (nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.) are combined into clauses, which, in turn, are combined into sentences
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choice of detail
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personal writing engages the reader by including details and images that help the reader experience the situation
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tone
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expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject
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structure
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the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
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rhetorical questions
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a question asked not to elicit an actual response but to make an impact or call attention to something
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comparison
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examining resemblances or differences; relation based on similarities and differences
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contrast
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the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
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narration
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the process through which the plot conveys or withholds story information
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definition
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gives the essential semantic features of a concept as well as those that distinguish the concept from all others
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illustration
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showing by example
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example
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a representative form or pattern
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