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personification
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figure of speech, a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
the gentle rain embraced her. |
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onomatopoeia
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words that imitate sounds
buzz hiss click |
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words used for emphasis
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imagery
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descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader
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blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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allegory
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story or tale with 2 or more levels of meaning
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allusion
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reference to a will-known person, place event, literary work, or work of art
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analogy
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comparison between 2 unlike things
An analogy describes something unfamiliar by pointing out similarities to something familiar. |
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protagonist
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main character in a literary work
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antagonist
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character or force in conflict with a main character ( protagonist)
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autobiography
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nonfiction - a person tells his or her own life story
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characterization
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act of creating and developing a character
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connotation
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a personal meaning to a word
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dennotation
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objective meaning of word or dictionary definition and does not involve what the word meaning brings to mind
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces
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parts of plot
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exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution,
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dialogue
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conversation between characters
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dramatic irony
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contradiction between what the character things and what the reader or audience knows to be true
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situational irony-occurred.
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event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of everyone
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verbal irony
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word or phrase is used to suggest the opposite of its usual meaning
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essay
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may be formal or informal and is a short, nonfiction work about a particular subject
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foreshadowing
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clues or hints that suggest events that have not occurred.
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hyperbole
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exaggeration or overstatement
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journal or diary
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daily autobiographical account of events and personal reactions
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genre
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division or type of literature
poetry, prose, drama |
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local color
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details unique to a particular geographic area
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regionalism
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tendency among certain authors to write about specific geographical areas
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narrator
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speaker or character who tells a story
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third person narration
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does not use I telling the story
2 kinds 1. limited 2. omniscient |
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Third person omniscient
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narrator "knows all" about what each character feels and thinks
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third person limited
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narrator tells thoughts and feelings of only one character and everything is viewed from this one character's perspective
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apostrophe
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figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person, or a personal quality , object , or idea. used in poetry to add emotional intesity
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satire
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writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals, ideas, etc..
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setting
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time and place of the action
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symbolism
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literary movement during the 19th century that many poets turned away from realistic ideas and expressed emotion using a pattern of symbols
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writing that represents something more than a concrete idea
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theme
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central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work
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myth
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fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the causes of natural phenomena
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dialect
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form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
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round character
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character who is complex and mult-faceted, like a real person
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flat character
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character who is one-dimensional (not complicated and one sided)
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expository writing
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writing that explains
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descriptive writing
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use vivid sensory and memory details to bring subject to life
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deadpan narrator
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shows no emotion
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