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Fiction
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A branch of literature which consists of imaginative prose including the novel and short story
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literature branch
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Short Story
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a work of fiction that is meant to be read in one sitting
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fiction, short
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Setting
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time and place of the action in a work of literature
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Plot
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The arrangement of events in a story or novel
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Theme
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main idea in a work of literature
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Characterization
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The methods that a writer ueses to reveal or develop characters
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Conflict
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a struggle between two opposing forces
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Point of View
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perspective from which a story is told.
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Allusion
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Reference to a well known person, event, place or work of literature
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Symbol
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Something that stands for something else or soemthing above itself.
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Foreshadowing
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The use of hints or clues to indicate what will happen later
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Flashback
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An event which takes place at an earlier point in time.
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Key Points on a standard plot outline
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1. Introduction/Expostion
2. Complecation/complecating incident 3. Rising Action 4.Turning point/Climax 5. Resoulution/Denouement |
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5 Methonds of Characterization Characters are revealed by
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1. Dialogue
2. Actions 3. Physical appearence 4. Thoughts and Feelings 5. Other peoples opinions |
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4 types of conflict
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Person
Self Society Nature |
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Main and Minor Points of View
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1 First Person
major and minor character 2. 2nd person 3. 3rd person omniscient, limited omniscient, and Dramatic |
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Concrete Poem
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one in which the shape of the poem suggest its meaning
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Narrative Poem
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a Poem that tells a story
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Verse
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a line of poetry or poetry itself
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Stanza
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a grouping of lines with in a poem
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Poetic license
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a poet's ability to break rules of standard English for a certain effect
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Refrain
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Part of a stanza repeated throughout the poem
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Rhyme
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The exact repitition of syllabe sounds at the end of words
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern of rhyme with in the poem
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that imitate sounds
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Alliteration
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Repitition of consenents at the beginnign of words
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Assonance
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Repitition of internal vowel sounds within a line of poetry
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Denotation
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Dictionary definition of a word
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Connotation
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Feelings associtated with a word
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Imagery
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Words that appeal to the senses, including figurative language
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Figurative Language
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Words used in a non literal way to go beyond ordinary meaning
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Simile
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A comparison of unlike things using the words like, as , than
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Metaphor
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Comparison of unlike things WITHOUT the use of like, as or than
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Personification
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giving human traits to something not human
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Mood
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Dominant feeling in a literary work
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Tone
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The author's attitude towards his/her subject
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Sentence
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A group of words that expreses complete thought
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Fragment
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A group of words that DOES NOT express a complete thought
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Run on
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Two sentenses written incorrectly as one
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Noun
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names person place thing or idea
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Pronoun
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Word that takes the place of a noun
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Verb
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a word that expresses acton, conditon of state or being
Action verb, Linking Verb(goes with PA, PN) Helping verb |
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Adjective
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A word that modifies a noun or pronoun
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Adverb
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a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
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Prepostition
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A word that shows the relationship between a noun and or pronoun that follow it and some other word in a sentence
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Conjunction
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a word that connects groups of words with words
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Paragraph
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a group of sentences related to one another and a main iadea
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Essay
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a work of nonfiction writing usually made up of multiple paragraphs
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Unity
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oneness, quality of an essay or paragraph in which all parts form a whole held together by a central idea
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Coherence
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conectedness, quality of an essay or paragraph where parts fit together logically and are linking together by connecting words
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Thesis
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A statement of controlling purpose in an essay
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Topic Sentence
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a statement of controlling purpose in a paragraph
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Narrative Writng
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tells a story or series of events
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Descriptive Writing
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type that conveys a sense of place or physical appearence through sensory details
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Expository Writing
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Type which explains something
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