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Anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem.
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The process of drawing a conclusion from something known or assumed.
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a rearrangement of the letters of a word, sentence, or passage. (tapestry at feast)
Example: The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base |
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Something that has been encoded an encoded message( Shakes, ladders, hieroglyphics)
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a false clue; something that has been dangled in front of you to throw you off the trail.
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close resemblance to what is real, faithful representation of reality.
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That in which sense is defined. First literature that did not teach them a moral lesson tries to imitate how a child thinks.
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A self coherent narrative. Tells a story of the impossible.
Example: Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling |
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Often a doorway to anther world.
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Fantasy characters often embark on a quest.
Example: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone by J.K. Rowling |
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occurs when two items are placed side by side especially for comparison.
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3rd person narration aligned with one’s characters point of view.
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taking things into a deeper meaning other than the obvious.
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a story in verse, including setting, characters, and events with a climax.
Example: I never saw another butterfly. |
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brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, idea, used to enrich work and help convey meaning.
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Two consecutive rhyming lines that represent a complete thought.
Example: Sylvia Cynthia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out. |
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poetry following no prescribed form or rules.
Example: The Butterfly and I Am A Jew |
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the use of words to imitate sounds
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attributing human qualities to an inanimate object.
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figure of speech comparing using like, as, or so.
Example: The Garden, Listening to grownups quarreling |
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the combining of contradictory terms
Example: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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pattern of rhymes in poems shown by using letters.
Example: Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out. |
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repetition of the same sound at the beginning of consecutive words.
Example: SCSSWNTTGO. Brown bananas, Moldy melons |
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repetition of similar consonant sounds.
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repetition of similar vowel sounds.
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subtle rhyme, echo’s a sound
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| seventeen syllables divided into three lines (5-7-5) usually relating to nature and our relationship to it. |
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| five line poem. The 1st, 2nd, 5th lines all rhyme and are longer, whereas the 3rd and 4th rhyme and are shoter. |
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a lyric poem usually commemorates the dead.
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words arranged in a visual representation
Example: HANDSAWWWWWWWWWWWW or the Concrete Cat |
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| I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
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| It All Depends On How You Look At It |
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| Man Proposes, God Disposes |
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| Miroslav Kosek and Koleba |
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| Listening To Grownups Quarreling |
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| Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out |
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| Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
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