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literarry terms
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Language - English
10th Grade
01/18/2011

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Hero
Definition
someone who inspires you and is a good role model
someone who follows hero cycle
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myth
Definition
an ancient story used to awnser fundemental human questions
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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archetype
Definition
an orginal pattern or model
-hero archetype
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legend
Definition
traditional story about a real person or place that is only loosely based on fact
-gorge washington and the cherry tree
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Juxtaposition
Definition
compare and contrast two different ideas or thoughts or to compare people side by side
-juxtaposing the truth of gorge washintons childhood with the legend
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Dialect
Definition
varriation of a standard launguage
-slang words
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Imagery
Definition
words that create an image in your head using sensory detail
- the sky was dark and gloomy... the streets were wet and sloppy
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Symbol
Definition
person,place,thing used to represent something else
-starbucks mermaid
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Motif
Definition
recurring image udsed symobolically throughout a story
- house on mango street esperanza wanted a HOME
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figurative language
Definition
language uded to create a speacial effect or feeling
-similie,metaphor, and personification
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Tone
Definition
emotion that runs throughtout a book
-all quiet on the western from= sadness and relief
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Irony
Definition
Contrast between what one would expect and what is
- ude of word or phrase that means the opposite of its normal meaning
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syntax
Definition
structure of a sentance; arrangment of words in a sentance or phrase
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Paradox
Definition
statement or sistuation that seems to be a contradiction but that reveals the truth
- the coach said it was a good loss
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