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18 Cards in this Set
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irony
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opposite of what really happened or seems to be unrealistic
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juxtaposition
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2 things that are being compared to
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1st person omniscient
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how you think of something, looking from your point of view. Your telling what is happened to you.
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3rd person omniscient
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telling the story of somebody's else's life of story
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image
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has to do with the senses. appeals to the sense to where you can picture tim in your head.
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metaphor
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direct comparison between 2 essentially unlike things
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simile
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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
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personification
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a comparison between people and things
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anaphora
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using a word repeatedly, first couple of words at the beginning.
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thesis
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a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections
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topic sentence
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a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
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clincher
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a statement, argument, fact, situation, or the like, that is decisive or conclusive
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summary
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a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
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paraphrase
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to say something in your own words but leaving nothing out
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novel
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a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
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memoir
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a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
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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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tone
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any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc
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