Vocab Terms

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Central Idea

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Unifying the element of the story.

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Characterization

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Portrayal; description.

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Conflict

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A fight, a battle, or a struggle.

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Connotation/Denotation

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C:adding an additional meaning for a word or expression

D: Direct meaning of a word or term.

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Dialogue

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Conversation between two or more people.

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Figurative Language

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Language that contains or uses figures of speech.

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Inference

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The process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally acceptable in order to suggest a resemblance.

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Objective Summary

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A way to preview information.

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Point Of View

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a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

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Setting

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used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story. It basically helps in establishing where and when and under what circumstances the story is taking place.

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Simile

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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

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Theme

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the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

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Purpose

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the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

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Rhetorical Question

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a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.

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Chronological Structure

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the order in which things happen. It is also called time order.

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Overview structure

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outline of a subject or situation; survey or summary.

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Couplet

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a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.

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Rhyme Scheme

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the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc.

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Stanza

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an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.

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Antonym

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a word opposite in meaning to another.

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Synonyms

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a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated.

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alliteration

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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all.

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Allusion

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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:

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Analogy

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a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

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anecdote

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a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.

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archetype

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the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.

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dialect

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a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.

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exaggeration

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an overstatement

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flashback

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an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

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foreshadowing

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to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure

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hyperbole

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an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”.

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imagery

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figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.

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Dramatic Irony

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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

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situational irony

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irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

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Verbal Irony

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irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

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mood

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a distinctive emotional quality or character:

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Motivation

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the state or condition of being motivated or having a strong reason to act or accomplish something

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narrative

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a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.

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onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

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paradox

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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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parallel structure

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repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

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pun

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the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. the word or phrase used in this way.

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Refrian

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stop oneself from doing something.

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Repetition

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the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

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soliloquy

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an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

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symbolism

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symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts.

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tone

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the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

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understatement

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the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

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unreliable narrator

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a narrator, whether in literature, film, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised.