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25 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Ellipsis
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Three little dots at the end of a sentence to build tension and pass time
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Re-say
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saying something another way
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Font
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Using different styles, sizes, and placements of font to grab the readers attention
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Whispering Parentheses
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secrets the author tells the reader
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Alliteration
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Repeating the initial consonant sound
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Taffy Sentence
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an idea that is stretched with more and more detail than the original idea; however, the original idea is repeated each time it is built upon
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Specific Noun
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A proper noun, especially a name brand, that helps the reader to picture
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Characters name
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when a characters name tells something about the character
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Idiom
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a figure of speech that means something other than what it says
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Hyperbole
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A complete exaggeration of something
ex. I could take the Phoenix club and turn it into my ping pong table |
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Simile
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a comparison using like or as
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Made up words
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Funny words that are not real
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Gesture
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a small movement made by a character
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Onomatopoeia
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sound words
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Specific Color
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connecting a color to something in life that is not a color
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Artful Fragment
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A sentence fragment that is used to stress something. It makes sense in context
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And in series
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the word and replaces all the commas in a series
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artful and
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a sentence that starts with and. Used to make an important detail stand out
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Personification
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giving animals and objects life-like or human qualities
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Strong Verb
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replacing a boring verb with with a powerful one
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Thoughtshot
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a characters private thoughts
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Snapshot
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a sharp description of a small detail. uses one or more of the 5 senses
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Dialogue
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words that a character says out loud that help the reader get to know the character better
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Allusion
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a reference in a piece of literature to a person place or thing in history or another piece of literature
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Short short long
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a set of 3 sentences where the first 2 sentences are short and the last one is long
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