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ENGL3820 Final Exam
Childrens Literature
26
Literature
Not Applicable
12/04/2005

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sensationalism
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unrelieved suspense
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Denouement
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part of the plot from the climax of the story to the end of the story
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omniscient narrator
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outside storyteller with virtual godlike powers
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hyperbole
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intentional exaggeration
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sentimentality
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The quality or condition of being excessively or affectedly sentimental
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foil
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characters whose traits are in direct conflict with those of the principal character
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onomatopoeia
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the word that resembles the sound it connotes
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alliteration
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repetition of constant sounds at beginning of words
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spaciality
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The placement of the main characters on the page and their relative size
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capillarity
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term that describes overall busymness of the page
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book that the color changes throughout (purposly)
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good night moon
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Thompson
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created volume of folk tale motifs
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Vladimir Propp
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identified 31 possible actions in a fairy tale
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assonence
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repitition of vowel sound
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lyric
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brief and discontinuous poetry that emphasizes imagery
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ballad
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poetry that tells a legend or history
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narrative
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poetry that tells a story
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limerick
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short witty five line poems
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sonnet
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14 line poems with regular rhyme scheme
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motif: queen dances to death in red hot shoes
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snow white
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motif: group of fairies usually 3 or 13
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sleeping beauty
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motif: bridge of one hair
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molly whuppie
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motif: a frog
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sleeping beauty
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motif: three real sisters
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molly whuppie
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motif: male ogre
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jack & Beanstalk
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motif: gothel
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repunzel
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