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31 Cards in this Set
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Irony
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Statement meaning the opposite of what is literally stated
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Idiom
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Saying that can not be literally translated
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Allusion
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Reference to a well-known work literature, art, music, etc.
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Audience
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Person or persons to whom the writing is addressed
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Author
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Person who wrote the story or passage, etc.
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Narrator
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Person who is telling the story
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Point of View
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Relationship of the narrator to the story (viewpoint)
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1st Person Point of View
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When a character in the story tells the story (using I, me, my, we, etc.)
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3rd Person Point of View
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When someone not in the story tells the story (like an invisible observer)
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Dialogue
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When the characters in the story speak (usually set off by quotation marks)
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Style/Voice
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The way the author uses phrases and sentences to make his story distinctive
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Tone
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The author's attitude about his topic- can be positive, negative, or neutral
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Mood
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The feeling or atmosphere in the story set by author
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Inference
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A guess based on a known fact, a conclusion
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Cause/Effect
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A TS exploring the reason something happened (cause) and the result (effect)
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Compare/Contrast
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A TS showing similarities (comparisons) and differences (contrasts)
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Problem/Solution
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A TS examining how conflicts or obstacles (problems) are overcome (resolved)
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Chronology
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A TS presenting events in the order in which they occur (sequencing)
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Inductive
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A TS that starts with specific ideas and works toward a general idea
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Deductive
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A TS that starts with general idea and works toward specific ideas
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Spatial Order
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A TS that shows where things are
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Categorization
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A TS that puts things in categories
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Fact
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A statement that can be proved- or disproved
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Opinion
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A statement that can not be proven- someone's own belief
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Bias
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A strong prejudice for one side over another- favoring only one side
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Objective
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A work based on fact, having no bias or partiality
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Propaganda
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Persuasion techniques
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Synonyms
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Words that have similar meanings
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Antonyms
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Words that have opposite meanings
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Symbolism
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The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
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Alliteration
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Repetition of sounds (consonants) at the beginning of neighboring words or of stressed syllables within such words
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