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persona
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a mask that is developed by an author, usually a character that the author creates to express a point of view about a subject.
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Doesn't always reflect the authors message, the author May use this as an opposing point of view
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point of view
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the position from which the story is told
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setting
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the place where the action happens and the time when the events occur
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conflict
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the struggle between two opposing forces
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internal or external
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tone
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the author's attitude or feelings toward a subject, character, or situation
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mood
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the feeling or predominant emotion in a work
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atmosphere
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the predominant environment emotional feeling associated with a specific place or time
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theme
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the statement about life that the author is communicating through the selection. it is a message that unifies the work
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characters
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the individuals that take part in the action of a story
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characterization
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the method the author uses to reveal a character's personality. the way in which the reader learns about a character in a story
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imagery
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the representation in a language of sensory experience; what can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled
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descriptions of experiences that can be felt internally
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figurative language
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language that uses the imagination to compare one thing to something that's very different
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symbolism
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the use of a person, place, thing, or event to represent something more abstract such as an emotion or idea
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metaphor
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makes a comparison between two different things without using any linking words. one thing is spoken of as if it was actually something else
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simile
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makes an indirect comparison between two different things using linking words
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Like, as, than, resembles
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personification
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language that gives human characteristics to non human things or abstract ideas. gives the readers a new look at the object or idea
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hyperbole
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language that uses overstatement or exaggeration to communicate emotion or to create a comic effect. describes something as larger or wildly different than it actually is
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oxymoron
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language in which contrasting ideas are combined to create a particular effect
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idiom
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a fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the actual word meanings. a way of using particular language and expressions that is understood by its native speakers because of their familiarity with its usage
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allusion
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uses a reference to a person, place, thing, or event from literature, history, mythology, religion, science, sports, or the arts to describe something
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