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| Narrator knows the thoughts of two or more people. |
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| Passing of songs, stories, and poems from generation to generation through speech. |
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| A figure of speech that combines two opposite ideas: A "pretty ugly" car. |
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| A statement that seems to argue against itself but actually is true: "Victory won't come to me/ unless/ I go to it." |
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| Repeating the same structure: "What should we do first? What should we do next?" |
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| Words that imitate sounds like buzz, hiss, boom, murmur. |
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| a humorous interpretation of a literary work. It uses exaggeration or distorts characteristic features. |
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| poems that deal with rural/country settings including shepherds and rustic life. |
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| when a nonhuman subject is given human qualities like "Let the rain sing you a lullaby." |
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| the sequence of events in a story. |
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| one type of literature, which often uses stanzas, lines, rhythm, rhyme, musical, emotional and concise language. |
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| the perspective from which the story is told. Examples: 1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient. |
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| the ordinary form of written language. Most writing that is not poetry, song, or drama. |
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| the main character in the literary work |
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| a four line stanza in a poem |
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| writing that deals with events in ordinary life. This literary movement began in the 19th century when it was common to write about real life events. |
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| a repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song. |
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| Writing or language that appeals to one of the five senses. |
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| A process to evaluate the beat/meter in a poem. |
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| Writing that makes fun of or criticizes individuals, ideas, institutions, or social conventions. |
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| A character which changes in a story. |
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| A 19th century period of writing that focused on imagination, emotion, nature, and individuality. |
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| Repetition of sounds at the end of a word. |
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| The rhyme pattern in a poem: abab |
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| When authors write about specific geographical areas-- their customs, thoughts, and behaviors. |
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