Literary Terms 6Th Grade

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonants at the beginning of a word

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(e.g World Wide Web)

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Allusion

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A reference to a famous person, place, event, or literature

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...as funny as Will Pharrel

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Analogy

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A comparison of two things that are similar in some way

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Anecdote

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A short account of an event that is usually meant to entertain or make a point.

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If a group of coworkers are discussing pets, and one coworker tells a story about how her cat comes downstairs at only a certain time of the night, then that one coworker has just told an anecdote.

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Antagonist

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A force working against the protagonist.

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in words

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Tongue Twisters

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Audience

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The group of readers that the writer is addressing

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Author's Perspective

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The ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs that influence the way the writer looks at a topic.

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Autobiography

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A writer's account of his or her life.

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Autobiography

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Ballad

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A type of narrative poem that tells you a story and was meant to be recited or sung.

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Biography

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An account of a person's life written by someone else.

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Character Development

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Characters that change during the course of the story.

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Comedy

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A dramatic work that is light, and often humorous.

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HAHAHAHAHAHA

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces.

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Protagonist vs Antagonist

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Connontation

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The ideas and feelings associated with the word, as opposed to their dictionary definition.

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The opposite of the dictionary definition

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Climax

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The point of greatest interest of the story when the conflict is at it's highest point.

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Denetation

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A word's dictionary definition

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Opposite of connotation

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Dialogue

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Written conversation between two or more people

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Diary

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A daily record of a writer's thoughts, experience, and feelings.

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Drama

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A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience.

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It's exactly like a play.

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Dialect

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Language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular character.

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Epic Poem

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A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideas and values.

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Odyseus's Journeys

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Description

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Writing that helps readers picture events,objects, or characters.

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Essay

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A short work of nonfiction that that deals with a single subject

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Exposition

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1st stage of a typical story plot-introduces setting, charecters, and conflict.

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Fantasy

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A type of fiction that is highly imaginative and portrays events, settings, and characters that are unrealistic.

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Fable

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A brief tale told to illustrate a moral or teach a lesson.

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e.g: The turtle and the hare.

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Figurative Language

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When words are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literary true.

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Figurative Speech

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Falling Action

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The stage of the plot in a story in which the story begins to draw to a close. It is after the climax, a before the resolution.

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Exaggeration

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An extreme overstatement of an idea.

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Fiction

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Prose writing that tells an imaginative story.

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Flashback

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An interruption of the action to present events at an earlier time

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Folklore

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Traditions, customs, and stories that are passed down within a culture.

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Folktale

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A story that has been passed down from generation to generation by words of mouth

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Foreshadowing

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Hints in a story that suggest future events

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Hints

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Form

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Structure or organization of written work

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Structure

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Free Verse

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Poetry without regular patters of rhyme and rhythm.

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FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Genre

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Refers to a catagory in which a work of literature is classified

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Haiku

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A form of Japanese poetry in which 17 syllables are arranged in lines if 5,7,5.

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Hero

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The main character of a story who is courageous, strong, honorable, intelligent, and holds back the forces of evil

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e.g: Percy Jackson

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Historical Fiction

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A short story or novel set in the past that includes real places, people, or events.

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Imagery

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Words and phrases that help the reader visualize the setting, or a specific event in a story

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Irony

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A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

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Legend

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A story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually someone of heroic accomplishments.

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Lyric Poetry

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Poetry that presents the personal thoughts and feelings of a single speaker.

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Idiom

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An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of it's individual words

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Spill the beans

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Memoir

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A form of autobiographical writing that usually give readers information on historical events that affect people's lives.

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Limerick

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A short, humorous poem made up of five lines

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Meter

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The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

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Moral

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A lesson that a story teaches

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Motivation

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The reason why a character acts, thinks, or feels.

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Myth

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A traditional story that explains certain origin

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Narrative Poetry

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Poetry that tells a story.

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Narrative

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Writing that tells a story.

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Nonfiction

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Writing that tells a true story.

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Narrator

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The "voice" that tells the story.

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Novel

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A long work of fiction.

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Novella

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A work of fiction that is shorter that a novel and longer than a short story.

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Short story < x > novel

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Ode

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A lyric poem that deals with serious themes, such as justice, truth, or beauty.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word used to echo the meaning / sound it describes.

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Plot

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The series of events in a story

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Prose

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All forms of writing that are not in verse form.

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Oral Literature

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Stories that have been passed down orally.

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Point of View

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An opinion of how someone feels about something

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Symbol

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A person, place, object, or movement, that stands for something beyond itself.

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Parody

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A humorous imitation of another writer's work

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Prop

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An item used to represent setting or another item in a play

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Scene

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Presents a specific episode in a play.

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Episodes of a TV series

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Rising Action

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The stage of the plot in a narrative writing that develops the conflict

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Pun

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A play on words based on similar senses of two or more words, usually for a humorous effect.

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Protagonist

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The main character in a story, play, or novel.

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Good guys!!!!!!!!!!

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Rhythm

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Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.

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Refrain

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One or more lines repeated in each stanza in a poem.

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Example(#=verses)

1,2,3 1,2,4 1,2,6

Focus on 1 and 2

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Short Story

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Fiction that centers on a certain idea and can be read in one setting.

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Sound Devises

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Ways of using words for the sounds they create.

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E.g: Alliteration, assonance, meter, repetition, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and rhythm.

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Rhyme

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Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

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Realistic Fiction

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Fiction that is set in the real, modern world.

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Sensory Details

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Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses.

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Setting

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The place and time something takes place.

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Stereotype

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Characters that are defined by a single trait.

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Stanza

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Two or more lines that form a unit in poetry.

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Subject

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The topic of a work of literature.

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Structure

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The way a work of literature is put together.

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Science Fiction

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Fiction writing in which writers possibilities of the past, or future.

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Style

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A manner of writing that involves how something is said, not what is said.

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Script

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The text of a play, film, or broadcast.

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Scenery

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Props or backdrops used to represent setting .

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Theme

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A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

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Tone

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The writer's attitude towards his or her subject.

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Voice

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Use of language that allows the reader to "hear" a human personality.

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Speech

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A public adress

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MLK's Speech

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Tragedy

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A dramatic work that presents the downfall, or death, of the main character, often with a sad ending.

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Speaker

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In poetry, the voice that "talks" to the reader .

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E.g: Narrator

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Stage Directions

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In the script of a play, the instructions to the actors, directors, and stage crew. Often in parenthesis and or italics.

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Tall Tale

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A humorous exaggerated story about impossible events, often involving supernatural abilities of the main character.

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Suspence

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A feeling of growing tension and exitment felt by the reader.