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| a refrence to previous well known literature character or common knowledge. |
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| comparison of two dissimilar things that are alike in some way often using simile and metaphor. |
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| person who comp with the main character like a villian or opponent. |
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| the process to create a character in a drama or narrative |
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opposing elements or characters in a plot
internal- conflict with in onself
External- conflict between one and an outside force
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the perceptive from which the story is written
1st person- narrator in the story is involved in the story
3rd person- allows you to see everything with the characters |
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| use of extreme exaggeration for effects. |
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| creation of mental pictures by word choice and description |
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| main character in the story |
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| comparison of one thing to another using like or as |
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| language with rhythm and pattern |
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| poetry with rhythm and no rhythm |
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| natural conversation- everyday speech |
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| atmosphere and feeling a writer creates |
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| use of word whose sound imitates suggests its meaning |
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| a person place thing or event that stands both for itsself and for itself and for something beyond itself |
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| a story that is written to be acted out in front of in audience |
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| a play or novel or other narrative depicting serious or important envents in which the main character comes to a unhappy end because of a fatal flaw |
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| hinting that something is going to happen |
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action of a story- five stages
exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution |
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| comparison of unlike things without using like or as |
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| literary device where the writter attributes human qualities to objects or ideas |
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| time and place of a story |
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| the outcome is the opposite from what is expected |
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| using words outside their literal meanings. adds impact and beauty to language |
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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning |
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| a metaphor that is extended or developed over several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem |
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| PERSON WHO TELLS THE STORIES |
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| dictionary meaning of a word |
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| various meanings associations or emotions that a word suggests the personality of a word |
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| a character used to contrast another character |
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| a speech in which a character on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts alone |
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| report requiring present tense and quotes taken from text. NO i's |
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| PAIRED WORDS WHICH CONTRADICT |
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| when the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not |
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| private words that a character in a play would speak to the audience or another character which are not supposed to be overhead by other onstage |
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| words or objects that stand for something else |
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| the main idea or lesson taught in a piece of literature |
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| the mod brought forth by a piece of literature |
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| a character who does not charge throughout the story |
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| a character who changes throughout the story |
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| a series of short pieces of literature |
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| a piece of literature in which the character usally a young one changes dramatically |
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| To compare two things side by side |
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