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9th Grade
09/02/2010

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Atmosphere
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The mood or climate of a story
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Autobiography
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A book written by themselves about their life
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Biography
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A book about written about somebody else's life
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Characterization
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The method a writer uses to develop the personality of a character
-Someone's Actions
-Someone Says
-Someone else says
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Direct Characterization
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The author directly describes the character
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Indirect Characterization
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The character or other characters describe them
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Dialogue
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A conversation between two or more characters
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Fantasy Literature
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Any wring that departs from realistic experience
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Simile
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A comparison using like or as
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
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Oxymoron
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a contradiction
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Personification
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Giving an object human like traits
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Imagery
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wording writing to appeal to the senses
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Literal Symbolism
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A symbol which is meant to be taken literally
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Figurative Symbolism
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A symbol meant be taken in a differently than apparently stated
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Hyperbole
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an exaggeration
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Foreshadowing
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Hinting at fore coming events
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Inference
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Drawing a conclusion based on a limited amount of information
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Irony
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A contrast between appearance and reality
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Dramatic Irony
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when the audience knows more than the characters
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Irony of Situation
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when the opposite of what is expected happens
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Verbal Irony
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Sarcasm
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Polt
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a story's issues and its solution
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Point of View
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the way a story is told or narrated
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First Person Detached
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A character of the story looking back at a later point of time telling the story
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First Person Subjective
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The Main Character of the story telling the events of the story as they happen
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Third Person Omniscient
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An all knowing narrator telling the story
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Rhyme
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Repetition of word ending sounds
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Rhythm
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Arrangement of stressed and unstressed sounds
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Alliteration
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Repetition of consonant sounds
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Assonants
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Repetition of vowel sounds
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Onomatopoeia
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When the word indicates the meaning of a sound
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Satire
Definition
Making funny of the subject
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Setting
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Time and place
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Soliloquy
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when an actor speaks his inner most thoughts to the audience
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Theme
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The general idea of a story which can be stated or implied
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tone
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Attitude
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Protagonist
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Hero
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Antagonist
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Villain
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Sonnet
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A 14 line poem that follows a line scheme
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Iamb
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A metric foot consisted of two syllables, one without an accent, and one with an accent
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