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10th Grade
08/29/2010

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Alliteration
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
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Allusion
Definition
the act of alluding
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Analogy
Definition
similarity or comparability
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Anecdote
Definition
a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.
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Antagonist
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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
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Autobiography
Definition
history of a person's life written or told by that person
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Biography
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a written account of another person's life
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Static character
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a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work
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Cliche
Definition
a reproduction made in a like manner
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Climax
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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something;
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Conflict
Definition
to come into collision or disagreement
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Connotation
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the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
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Dialect
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a language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor:
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Dynamic Characters
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A dynamic, or round, character is a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it.
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Epiphany
Definition
an appearance or manifestation
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Fiction
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the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration
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Flashback
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the spontaneous recurrence of visual hallucinations
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Foreshadowing
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to show or indicate beforehand
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration
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Irony
Definition
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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Metaphor
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to represent something else
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Monologue
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a form of dramatic entertainment
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Narrator
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to give an account or tell the story
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Nonfiction
Definition
writing dealing with facts and events rather than imaginative narration
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Oxymoron
Definition
which contradictory terms are used in conjunction
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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Paradox
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an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
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Personification
Definition
a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work.
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Plot
Definition
main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
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Point of View
Definition
the position of the narrator in relation to the story
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Protagonist
Definition
the leading character, hero,
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Setting
Definition
where the story takes place.
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simile
Definition
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
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Static Characters
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minor characters in a work of fiction who do not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story.
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Tone
Definition
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source,
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