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When words in succession contain vowels that make similar sounds |
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the process of conveying information about a character in fiction or conversation |
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an idea that is implied or suggested |
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leaving out certain parts of a sentence to make it shorter and less repetitive. |
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a speech that is given to honor a dead person |
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a character whose personality is opposite of another character to point out certain traits that character possesses |
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a line of poetry made up of five iambs. |
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a poem that expresses emotion |
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a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people |
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a statement that contradicts itself |
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writing that resembles everyday speech |
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The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem. |
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Comparing two things using like or as. |
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An item that keeps popping up or pertaining to something other than itself. |
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a story where everythign is representative of something |
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language not mean to be taken literally |
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A writer's distinct vocabulary choice |
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when a writer talks to an imaginary character who may be dead |
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the use of humor in a serious scene or chapter |
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a written account of someone else's life |
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a short piece of writing about a single thing |
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japanese poetry consisting of three lines of 5-7-5 syllables |
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when the author tells the reader something the characters dont know |
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when a writer says 1 thing, but means another |
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when the reader expects one thing and something else happens |
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a lesson to be learned from a story |
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words used to convey sounds |
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a literary composition written in verse and has meter |
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using the same word multiple times |
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Time and location in a story |
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a character with traits that make the person represent a group |
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A narrator in a story whose account is faulty or biased |
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ways of convincement, logos is through logic, ethos is through authority, or pathos through emotion |
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repetition of the same syllable |
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speech that only the audience hears |
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a poem with no rhyming patter, but has meter |
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Disagreement between opposite sides in a play |
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single play or group of plays |
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when the story is interpreted to explain events from before the play or play started |
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vocabulary specific to an industry, trade or group |
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A reoccuring object, concept, theme, in a work of literature |
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two opposite meanings of a word that makes a sentence |
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refers to how the story is told |
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a questions where no answer is expected |
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the way the audience reacts due to the outcome of the story |
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2 words compared to show similarities |
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the writer's account of their own life |
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an individual involved in the story. Flat - stereotype, Round - Realistic Character, Static - character stays the same, doesn't change, Dynamic - the character changes |
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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
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a hero that is the main character with noble or divine origins |
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a piece of writing taken out of another piece of literature |
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hints that tell you about what might happen in the future |
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An exaggeration of something that is said |
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when you take two similar parts of grammer sentences and use them to relate importance |
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the person the entire story is centered around |
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the way the text flows or rhymes |
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a speech a character gives when sad or lonely |
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the main idea of the story, often has a deep meaning |
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something that opposes the protagonist |
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ends happy or in marriage |
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the way the character naturally speaks |
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a lengthy, narrative poem |
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something that is not real |
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the type or style of a story |
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an implication based on previous evidence |
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the mood or feeling in a story |
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the storyline of the story, events that make up the story |
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a story that mocks humans or a practice to bring change |
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a play that ends in death |
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giving human shape to something that is not human |
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when someone says a remark but they mean the opposite |
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a poem typicaly used by Shakespeare that has fourteen lines and a couplet at the end |
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the emotion the writer is trying to put into his writing |
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a short account of an event that is written humoruosly |
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a song or songlike poem that tells a story |
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the dictionary definition of something |
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a story or narrative of something that really happened |
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a similarity not using like or as |
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giving human qualities to something not human |
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a comparison that is obvious in a long series of verse |
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a trite, stereotyped expression expressing an idea that has lost originality through overuse |
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a short tale to teach a moral lesson |
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a verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern |
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the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things |
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