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Front (Term) bias

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Back (Definition) a personal opinion or prejudice.

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Front (Term) authors bias

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Back (Definition) an authors personal opinion or prejudice for or against something that influences what he or she writes

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Front (Term) theme

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Back (Definition) a story's moral or lesson about life

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Works cited

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A formal listing, alphabetized by authors last names, giving full publication information for all primary and secondary sources used in a particular document; also called a bibliography.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration used for emphasis or to make a point( I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!)

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Idiom

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Phrases that Are used in a figurative way instead of a literal way within a culture.

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to one of your five senses.

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Metaphor

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Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words to imitate a sound.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that places two opposite terms to make one term

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that places two opposite terms to make one term

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Dramatic irony

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When we know what the character does not

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Context clues

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The words in a sentence around a word that help a reader understand that words meaning

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Connotation

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The implied meaning or a word

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Point of view

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The perspective from which a text is told

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First person

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A story told by a character using the pronouns "I" and "we"

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Third person limited

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A story told by a third person narrator with limited knowledge

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Third person omnicient

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A story told by a third person narrator with complete knowledge

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Setting

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The time and place the text takes place

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Plot

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The sequence of events or action that presents the resolution of the conflict

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Personification

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Giving not humans creatures human like effects

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Rising action

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The central part of a story during which problems arise, leading up to the climax

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Falling action

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The turning part of the story which follows the climax

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Resolution

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The satisfying end of a play or story, after the problem is solved

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Gerrund

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An "ing" verb used as a noun

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Participle

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A verb used as an adjective

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Infinitive

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"To" and a verb used as a noun, adjective, or adverb

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Active voice

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When the subject is doing the action

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Passive voice

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The subject does not do the action

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Indicative mood

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States a fact or opinion

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Imperative mood

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Gives a command

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Simile

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Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as

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Interrogative mood

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Asks a question

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Subjunctive mood

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A wish or a recommendation

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Conditional mood

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Make a what if statement

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Ellipses

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Shows something was left out or omitted from a quote

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Dashes

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Indicates an abrupt break in thought

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the beginning consonant sound

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds

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Symbolism

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Using an object to represent something else

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Euphemism

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The substitution of a softer expression for a harsh one

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Extended metaphor

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A metaphor that is carried out through the entire text

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Verbal irony

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The use of language that expresses the opposite of what a character or narrator really means, similar to sarcasm

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Situational irony

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When the situation turns out different then thought to