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is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that appear close together.
EX: Big Belly Babes |
ALLITERATION
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Reference to a statement, person, place, .... that is known from Books, sports, religion, ....
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ALLUSION
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Event or detail that is inappropriate for the time.
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ANACHRONISM
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Comparison made between two things to show their alike.
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ANALOGY
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Very brief account of a particular incident.
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ANECDOTE
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In a play, when the actor talks to the crowd (BUT NOT HEARD FROM THE ACTORS)
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ASIDE
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonat sounds in words that are close together
EX: cAt, mAn, bAg, bAd |
ASSONANCE
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mood or feeling
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ATMOSPHERE
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the writer of the book
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AUTHOR
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A story about the person writing it.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Song or song-like poem that tells a story
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BALLAD
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A story about someone
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BIOGRAPHY
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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BLANK VERSE
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Individual in the story
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CHARACTER
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a story that ends happily
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COMEDY
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Struggle or Clash
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CONFLICT
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emotions that a word suggests
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CONNOTATIONS
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TWO consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit
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COUPLET
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Type of writing intended to create a mood or an emotion.
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DESCRIPTION
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a person
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DIALECT
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Writing that aims primarily to teach
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DIDACTIC LITERATURE
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Long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of larger than life hero who embodies the values of a particular society
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EPIC
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Type of writing thats explains an idea.
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EXPOSITION
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Brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral, or practical lesson about life.
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FABLE
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Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
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FREE VERSE
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Figure of speech that uses exageration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect.
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HYPERBOLE
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Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words
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IDIOM
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