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23 Cards in this Set
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local color
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mannerisms, dress, language of a particular location
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foil
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a secondary character who contrasts the main character
Miss Maudie, Miss Stephanie Crawford |
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allusion
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a reference to a popular person, place...
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works cited
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formal listing of resources
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Oxymoron
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a figure of speech that joins contradictory terms
pretty ugly A little big |
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
cat scram crack |
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alliteration
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repetition of the beginning consonant
Peter Piper Picked a Pickled Pepper |
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poetry
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writing in lines and stanzas
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theme
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central message or insight of a literary work
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personification
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a figure of speech that gives a nonhuman subject human characteristics.
The sun smiled at us. The house was sad that its owners were leaving. |
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Mrs. Desmond 9 Spring 2007
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cut apart and study
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point of view
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perspective of storytelling
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What point of view is "To Kill a Mockingbird written in"
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From Scout's point of view--First person
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What point of view is The Odyssey written.
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The narrator or Third person point of view
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myth
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a fictional story passed by word or mouth
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imagery
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writing that appeals to the five sen
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epic
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a long poem about the adventures of a hero
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dialect
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form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
"Yawl come on back ya hear" |
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epic hero
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well known character and possesses almost superhuman strength
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theme
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central message or insight of a literary work
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prose
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writing in sentences and paragraphs
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protagonist
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main character
Scout, Jem |
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Angagonist
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character working against the main character
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