English

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Guffaw

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to laugh

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Righteous

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being just and free from wrong; awesome

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Anthropology

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the study of human culture and origin

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Lecture

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a discourse before an audience

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Acronym

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word formed from the initial letter of a compound term

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Disarray

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disorder; confusion

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Renaissance

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the cultural revival of modern science in Europe

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Felony

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big, time crime

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Murmur

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complain

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Plaid

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any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a cross barred pattern

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Blanch

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to become pale

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Muse

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to be absorbed in thought

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Musketeer

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a soldier armed with a musket.

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Jeer

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To make fun.

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Vulgar

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Lacking cultivation or taste: COARSE

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Resurrect

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to raise from the dead

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Scripture

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a passage from the Bible

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Hooky

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Skipping school without permission

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Shun

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to avoid deliberately and especially habitually

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Peril

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exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost:

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Lad

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a male person of any age between early boyhood and maturity

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Dander

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ANGER, TEMPER

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Conscience

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the sense or consciousness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good

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Vanity

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inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance

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Guile

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TRICK

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Forestall

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prevent by prior measures

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Warble

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a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds

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Diligence

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the attention and care legally expected or required of a person

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Glower

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to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger

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Derision

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the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt

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Skylark

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to fool around and goof off

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Novelty

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something new or unusual

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Opulent

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characterized by fanciness and great wealth.

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Persuasion

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convincing

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Thesis

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A statement that someone wants to discuss or prove

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Thesis paper

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A long piece of writing on a particular subject that aims to prove or support a point of view or idea about a topic

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Classify

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to arrange (people or things) into groups based on ways that they are alike

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Propaganda

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Statements, advertisements, speeches, etc. that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc

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Fable

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A legendary story intended to enforce a useful truth; especially one in which animals speak and act like human beings.

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Narrative

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a story that is told or written

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Pamphlet

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A small, thin book with no cover or only a paper cover that has information about a particular subject.

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Memoir

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a written account in which someone (such as a famous performer or politician) describes past experiences

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Excerpt

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A small part of a longer written work

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What is an opinion?

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An opinion is a belief that is held with confidence. It cannot be conclusively proven, but it can be backed up by evidence.

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What is a fact?

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fact is accurate information that can be demonstrated to be true. A fact can be proven.

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Stereotype

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An often unfair and untrue belief or generalization that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic

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Evaluate

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to judge the value or condition of (someone or something) in a careful and thoughtful way

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Inveterate

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HABITUAL

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Edification

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to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge

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Pious

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RELIGIOUS

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Unpalatable

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UNPLEASANT, DISAGREEABLE

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Genial

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MILD

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Relapse

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an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding

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Pronoun

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Words that can take the place of a noun

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Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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Preposition

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Words that relate a noun or pronoun with another word in the sentence.

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Adverb

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Words that modify a verb, adjective or other adverb. Also has to do with time.

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Verb

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Action word or state of being.

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Interjection

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Words that show emotion. When the feelings strong set off with an exclamation mark. When the feelings not as strong use a comma.

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Noun

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Person, place, thing or idea

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Conjunction

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Words that words, phrases, and clauses together in sentences.
Magic Seven

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What are phrases?

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Phrases are groups of words in a sentence that function as a single part of speech. Phrases do not contain a subject and a verb. Phrases should not be capitalized and punctuated as if they were a sentence.

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What is a clause?

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Clauses are groups of related words that have both a subject and a verb.

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What is an independent clause?

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? Independent clauses have a subject and a verb. Independent clauses can stand by themselves as complete sentences. They can also be combined with other clauses.

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Arbor

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- a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines.

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Toil

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to work hard and long

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Cognate

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by descent from the same ancestral language

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Sated

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to utterly, completely satisfy through excess and overabundance

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Ebb

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to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state

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Dominion

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: total control

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Wheedle

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to gain or get by soft words or flattery

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Revelation

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an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

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Trample

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to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure

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Writhe

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- to twist and turn

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Diabolical

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, relating to, or characteristic of the devil

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Introspective

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- Reflective and looking inward at one's own thoughts and feelings

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Consternation

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- amazement or dismay that throws you into confusion

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Aimless

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Without purpose or direction

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Unwitting

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not knowing

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Rouse

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to awaken or to stir up, emotionally

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Arduous

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- hard to accomplish or achieve

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Trounce

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to thrash or punish severely

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Ravenous

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very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

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Blunder

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error or mistake resulting usually from stupidity, ignorance, or carelessness

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Archetype

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- a typical, ideal, or classic example of something

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Paradox

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something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible

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Bias

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one-sided because of an inflexible judgment or opinion

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Denotation

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the literal or primary meaning of a word

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling which a word creates for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning
(positive-negative-neutral)

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Nym

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Words ending in nym describe different types of words, and the relationships between words–nym means name.

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Thesis statement

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The summary of an author’s position or viewpoint in a written argument. A thesis statement is the central idea behind a piece of writing. It is a sentence or two that clearly states how the author views the topic.

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Paraphrase

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Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, esp. to achieve greater clarity.

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Topic sentence

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: The sentence that expresses the central idea of the paragraph to follow.

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Theme

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The statement about life or human nature that an author wants to make to the reader.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds across syllables or words.

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Simile

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An imaginative comparison of two different thing using like or as.

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Repetition

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When a word, phrase, or idea is repeated for emphasis and effect in a piece of literature.

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Symbolism

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When an object, person, or event represents something else.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things in which no comparison word is used.

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Narrator

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Someone who tells a story or a character in a work of fiction who is presented as telling the story and who refers to himself or herself as "I".

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Genre

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A category or type of literature based on its style, form, and content. The major genres are fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama.

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest the meaning

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Foreshadowing

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when the author hints at what is to come

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personification

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a form of figurative language in which an animal, idea or thing is given human characteristics