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12th Grade
12/17/2013

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editorial

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writing that expresses opinions intended to persuade viewers and listeners to take a side.
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 Elegy

 

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a formal poem of lament and consolation concerning a person's death or reflections on a death in general.
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Emotional Appeal

 

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  • writing designed to target the reader's emotions
  • and to persuade them in some way (appeal to)
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Epic

 

 

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a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero.
Reflecting the values of society
 
 
 
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Epilogue

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short section at end of book: a short chapter or section at the end of a literary work, sometimes detailing the fate of its characters
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Epiphany

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sudden realization: a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence
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 Epigraph

 

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quotation or motto at the beginnning of a chapter, book, short story, or poem
makes some point about the work.
 
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Epitaph

 

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an inscription on a gravestone or a short poem

 

written in memory of someone who has died.

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Euphemism

 

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  • a deliberate softening of a harsh truth.
  • can be a less harsh word or phrase substituted
  • Ie "Auntie passed on."   instead of "Auntie died."
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Euphony

 

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  • words combined to produce soothing, flowing, pleasant sounds.
  • (opposite of cacophony)
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Expert Testimony

 

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  • facts, statistics or opinion given by someone who has expertise in the field that he/she is commenting on.
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Exposition

 

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The exposition is the part of a book that sets the stage for the drama to follow
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Expository Essay

 

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shares, explains, suggests, or explores information, emotion, and ideas.
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Extended Metaphor

 

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  • a metaphor that is found throughout the poem
  • not merely repeated, but layers of detail are added to the original metaphor
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External Conflict.

 

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  • the opposition of two forces, ideas or characters
  • which may be identified and discussed as the following: person versus person, person versus society, person versus environment, person versus the supernatural or person versus technology, animal versus animal etc...
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 Fable

 

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  • A fable is a short story with a didactic purpose
  • illustrating a moral or general truth about human nature
  • frequently allegorical/ often ending with an epigram.
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 Falling Action

 

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What happens after the peak/climax of a story.
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Fantasy

 

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  • a genre of art, literature, film, television or music
  • which deals with elements of the supernatural either as a primary element of the plot, setting, or both.
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 Farce

 

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  • A "low" form of comedy (simple, not intellectual)
  • appeals to audience on a purely emotional level
  • absurdly exaggerated character types or actions
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Figurative Language

 

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  • language not meant to be taken literally
  • provides a writer with opportunity to write imaginatively
  • also tests imagination of reader.
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First Point of View

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First person point of view is a point of view in which an "I" or "we" serves as the narrator of a piece of fiction. The narrator may be a minor character, observing the action, as the character Nick does in The Great Gatsby, or the main protagonist of the story, such as Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye. In addition, a first-person narrator may be reliable or unreliable.
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Flashback

 

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  • when a story goes back in time sequence
  • to relate an event which took place before the beginning of the story
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Flat Character

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A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story
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Foil

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The purpose of the foil character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by comparison or contrast.
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Foreshadowing

 

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  • hints/clues in a narrative
  • to suggest what will happen later
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Form

 

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The essential structure of a piece of work.
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Formal essay

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-does not use we I or we.

-doesn't informal writing 

-does not formal writing 

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Formal Language

 

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grammatically correct, standard English.
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Frame story

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a literary device that uses such a narrative structure.
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Free Verse

 

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Poetry without a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm.
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Genre

 

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  • a kind or style of literature
  • ie. horror, historical romance...
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 Graphic Text

 

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  • Visual design which presents information
  •  may include charts, graphs, photographs etc..
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Hero

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the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
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Historical Reference

 

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  • stylistic device
  • writer refers to a person or event in history
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Hyperbole

 

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  • The use of exaggeration
  • ie. " he was dead tired." does not mean actually dead, but only very tired
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