Cheat Sheet

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the repetition of a consonant sound or sound blend at the beginning of a word.

Example: she sells sea shells by the sea shore
alliteration being "sh" and "s"

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a reference to a piece of art, literature, famous person, etc.

Example: From Uglies, "Will he blow your house down?"
allusion to "The Three Little Pigs" fairytale

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short retelling of a story from your life, usually with a point or to make a joke

Example: I went to Sally's Beauty supply and I'm Salli,
but I'm not beautiful!

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the main character who you want to win - usually overcomes some obstacle in the story

Examples: Tally, Dr. Jekyll

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the original type of character

Examples: hero, villain, witch, jock, romantic girl, nerd

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when someone speaks to the side and other people are not meant to hear it

Example: Romeo and Juliet when Juliet makes a joke
about her mother

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the repetition of a vowel sound in a set of words

Example: He said she went to get a better pet.
assonance being "e" sound

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the specific people the author wants to write to

Example: "Just Do It" from Nike
audience would be people who want to get fit

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the reason why a writer writes, includes 4 main reasons:
Persuade
Entertain
Describe personal experience/feelings
Inform

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something written directly from the person

Example: TuPac wrote a book titled "Roses from
Concrete" a book of poems about his life.

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something written about someone

Example: Jenny writes a story about Draven.

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when a writer tells you about a character in the story, uses either direct or indirect. If it is indirect, the author uses: Say, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks
S-T-E-A-L

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top of the story, the point when the story has the most action, the turning point

Example: In Uglies when Tally learns about the "pretty
operation" and how it changes the brain.

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a fight or struggle between characters or one character with 4 main types:
Man v. Man Man v. Society
Man v. Himself Example: Tally v. Herself when she is
Man v. Nature in the Smoke

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the feeling that a word gives, can be positive, negative, or neutral

Example: creepy has a negative connotation
joyful has a positive connotation

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whatever words are on the page and their meaning

Example: The content of Uglies has many themes.

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the dictionary definition of a word

Example: Spooky means "eerie or scary".

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the end or resolution of a story

Example: In Uglies, Tally decides to turn pretty to fight
the Specials.

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a conversation between characters, using " " quotation marks.

Example: "I like the car," Tally said.
"I like it, too," Shea replied.

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a piece of something, in literature it can be anything, like a character trait, part of the theme, part of the story pyramid

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the beginning of the story

Example: Tally is looking out her window at New Pretty
Town planning her trip to see Peris.

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the part of the story after the climax right before the denouement or resolution

Example: Tally throws the heart pendant into the fire and then Special Circumstances shows up in the Smoke.

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a fake story, not true or real

Example: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Uglies

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a category or type of something

Example: Genres of music - rock, pop, country, rap
Genres of literature - fairytale, fantasy, biography, mystery, science fiction, non-fiction, etc.

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an extreme exaggeration, usually used in poetry

Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

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words that don't have a literal meaning, usually cultural

Example: Give me a hand.
He's in the dog house for telling on his wife.
Don't throw me under the bus, man!

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words used to create an image using all of the senses:
Taste
Touch/Feel emotion
Sound
Smell
Hear

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when words and situations mean the opposite of what they are
Three main types:
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal

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a direct comparison of two unlike things

Example: Her hair is gold.

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the main feelings the author wants you to feel when reading

Example: The mood of "Ice Killers" was scary!

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a telling of how something happened, often using narration in the first person point of view.

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when a word sounds like the real sound

Example: Bang! Doink! Sizzle! Drip, drip, drip

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when a writer gives an object or an idea personal/human qualities

Example: The car engine roared to life.

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the way a story is told, has 4 main types:
First person "I, me, my, ours"
Second person "You, they, them"
Third person limited - at a distance knows only what the writer observes
Third person omniscient - at a distance but tells you what the characters think and feel

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the order of the rhyme at the end of the line of poetry using the alphabet to keep track

Example: Roses are red, A
Violets are blue, B
Sugar is sweet, C
And so are you! B

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the events in a story after the exposition that lead to the climax

Example: Tally meeting Shea and Shea trying to convince Tally that she should not get the operation.

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a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

Example: Her hair is as soft as silk.

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using object or ideas or symbols to represent other things

Example: A heart shape symbolizes love.

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the main idea of a piece of literature that has something to do with human life

Example: The theme of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is that people have both good and evil inside of them.

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the writer's attitude towards the writing, usually found by the words he/she uses

Example: The tone of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could be scary because of the words "dark" and "creepy".

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what a writer is talking about in his/her writing

Example: One topic of Uglies is the use of technology.