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Literature
8th Grade
08/27/2007

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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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allusion
Definition
a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or a work of art
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analogy
Definition
makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways otherwise unalike
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anecdote
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a breif story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event
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antagonist
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a character of a force in conflict with a main character or a protagonist
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atmosphere
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a feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
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autobiography
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a story of a writers own life, to by the writer
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ballad
Definition
a songlike poem that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure and romance
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biography
Definition
a form of nonficton in which a writer tells the life story of another writer
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