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| the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words |
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| the repetion of vowel sounds in nearby words |
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| the repetition of a consonant sound within nearby words |
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| the use of words which mimic the sound they desribe |
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| the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem |
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| rhyme that occurs at the end of lines |
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| the pattern of end rhymes |
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| refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| the regular patter of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| a character, action, or situation that is a prototype or pattern of uman life; situation, setting, or character that occurs over and over again literature |
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| people or animals who take part in the action of a literary work |
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| word choice intended to convey a certain effect |
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| the dictionary meaning of a word |
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| the feelings and attitudes associated with a word |
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| a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous eveny |
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| hints or clues that suggest future action |
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| the use of sensory details to describe one thing in terms of another |
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| the overwall feeling created by an author's choice of words |
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| the sequence of events in which a story takes place |
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| the perspective fron which the story is told |
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| first person point of view |
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| the story is told from a character who narrates his or her own experiences directly |
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| limited 3rd person point of view |
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| the story is told from the viewpoint of one character who can see only a part of the whole story |
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| the author is outside the story and presents the thoughts of all the characters involved |
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| the framework or organization of a literary selection |
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| techniques used by the author to keep readers interested in the story and un what will happen next |
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| the "message" that the author intends to communicate by telling the story. these messgaes are often universal truths |
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| the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience; it is conveyed through the authors choice of words and detail |
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| the author's distinctive style ot manner of expression |
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| the protagonists adversary |
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| the central character of the story |
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| a broad generalization or an oversimplified view that disregaurds individual diffrences; can lead to unfair judgments |
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| a character with a single imprtant trait |
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| a complex character with several traits |
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| a character that changes little (or not at all) |
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| a character that changes in response to the actions through which he or she passes |
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| the methods a writer uses to communicate information about characters to readers |
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| the speaker who tells the story |
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| a change or movement in a literary piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker |
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| background material about the characters, setting and situation and introduces the conflict |
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| the enviroment in which the story takes place |
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| interrupts the harmony and balance of the situation and introduces the conflict |
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| the part of a story in shich the tension rises towards the climax |
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| the central source of tension drama in the story; the problem |
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| the central source of tension is between a character and some outside force, such as a another character, society, fate, or nature |
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| the central source of tension is whithin a character |
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| the moment when the action comes to its highest point of dramatic conflict |
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| the part of the story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution |
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| the conclusion of the story |
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| a reference to a mythological, literray, or historical person, place, or thing |
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| a point-by-point comaparison between two dissimilar things in order to clarify the less familar of the two |
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| a brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to make a point or entertain |
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| a form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people |
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| the actual words that characters speak |
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| an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect |
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| an expression whose meaning is diffrent from the sum of meanings of the individual words |
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| a particular tone created when the speaker intends a meaning that is opposite to the words he or she says |
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| the use of verbal irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it |
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| an image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning |
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| a figure of speech in which the speaker says less than what her or she actually feels |
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| a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate |
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| a comparison of two things not using "like" or "as" |
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| occurs when elements of a statement contradict eachother |
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| the giving of human characteristics to inanimate object or abstract ideas |
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| a form of paradox that cinbines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression |
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| a comparison of two things using "like" or "as" |
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| a part of something is used to signify the whole; the whole is used to represetn a part |
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| sentence that makes a statement |
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| sentence that gives a command |
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| sentence that asks a question |
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| sentence that provides emphasis or express strong emotion |
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| two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon |
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| an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
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| two or more independent clause and one ot more subordinate clauses |
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| makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending of the sentence |
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| makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached |
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| phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaninf, or length |
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| two statements that are balanced, but opposite |
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| arrangement of ideas in the second clause in a reversal of the first |
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| deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series of releated clauses |
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| intentional omission of a woed or words that are readily implied by the context |
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| a sentence with the predicate before the subject |
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| a poetic a rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are place next to one another, often creating an effect of suprise and wit |
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| constructuon a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate |
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| a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or part of a sentence |
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| deliberat use of many conjunctions for special emphasis |
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| device in which sounds, words, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm to create emphasis |
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| question that requires no answer |
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| sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired effect |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses |
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| repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause |
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| repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses |
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