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a comparison of unlike things using like or as
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simile
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a scene within a story that interrupts the normal sequence of events to provide information relative to the story
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flashback
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the use of words to imitate sounds
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onomatopoeia
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the sequence of events in a story
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plot
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words that communicate vivid pictures
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descriptive writing
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a brief work of fiction that contains essential elements of a literature such as setting, plot, conflict
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short story
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repetition of initial constant sounds
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alliteration
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central or controlling idea of a literary work
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theme
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appeals to a reader's five senses
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sensory language
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autobiographical writing that deals with the writer's memory of someone or an important event
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memoir
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the time and place that a story takes place
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setting
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conflict:
1.within a character's mind / 2.struggles with an outside force |
1.internal
2.external |
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the end of the central conflict where a problem is resolved
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resolution
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a stugle between two opposing forces; conflict can be expressed in two ways
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conflict
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perspective from which the story is told; can be expressed in three ways
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point of view
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repeated words or phrases
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repetition
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the character who tells the poem
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speaker in a poem
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three ways point of view can be expressed:
1. one character tells the story (I) 2. story is told through eyes of a character 3. narrator who sees and knows all about the story |
1. 1st person
2. 3rd person 3. omniscient |
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a familiar object that stands for something unfamiliar
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symbolism
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the highest point of interest or suspense in a story
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climax
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the creation of believable fictitious characters
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characterization
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a long prose of fiction
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novel
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a division or type of literature ex: poetry, novels, short stories, biography, etc.
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genre
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a comparison stating one thing is another
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metaphor
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the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen
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foreshadowing
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