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11th Grade
08/27/2013

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genre
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music genre is a conventional category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.

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graphic text
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Origen & Golan’sThe Adventures of Unemployed Man: a timely commentary on just about everything that is timely.
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hero

Definition
 hero  in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.[
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historical reference
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I’m presuming you’ve thought that it should be harder to adjust a record temperature in an old newspaper article than in an electronic data file.

 
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hyperbole
Definition
Hyperbole  is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech
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iambic pentameter
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Iambic pentameter is a commonly used metrical line in traditional verse and verse drama. 
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idiom
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An idiom is a combination of words that has a figurative meaning, due to its common usage. 
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image
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An image  is an artifact that depicts or records visual perception, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject – usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it.

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imagery
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magery, in a literary text, is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. 
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inderterminate ending
Definition
Indeterminacy in literature can be simply defined as when components of a text call for or require the reader to make their own decisions about the text’s meaning.
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indirect presentation
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Authors may present their characters either directly or indirectly.
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informal essay
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An informal essay is aimed to express your opinion on a particular topic in a less formal, sometimes even entertaining manner.
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informal language
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Formal language in general you use to people with authority , people who are older than youand people who you do not know. 
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Internal monologue

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Internal monologue, also known as inner voiceinternal speech, or verbal stream of consciousness is thinking in words.
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internal conflict
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n literature, internal conflict is the struggle occurring within a character's mind. 
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irony
Definition
Irony (1] in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event characterized by an incongruity, or contrast, between reality and appearance
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