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| When words in succession contain vowels that make similar sounds |
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| the process of conveying information about a character in fiction or conversation |
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| an idea that is implied or suggested |
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| leaving out certain parts of a sentence to make it shorter and less repetitive. |
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| a speech that is given to honor a dead person |
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| a character whose personality is opposite of another character to point out certain traits that character possesses |
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| a line of poetry made up of five iambs. |
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| a poem that expresses emotion |
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| a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people |
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| a statement that contradicts itself |
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| writing that resembles everyday speech |
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| The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem. |
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| Comparing two things using like or as. |
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| An item that keeps popping up or pertaining to something other than itself. |
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| a story where everythign is representative of something |
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| language not mean to be taken literally |
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| A writer's distinct vocabulary choice |
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| when a writer talks to an imaginary character who may be dead |
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| the use of humor in a serious scene or chapter |
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| a written account of someone else's life |
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| a short piece of writing about a single thing |
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| japanese poetry consisting of three lines of 5-7-5 syllables |
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| when the author tells the reader something the characters dont know |
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| when a writer says 1 thing, but means another |
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| when the reader expects one thing and something else happens |
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| a lesson to be learned from a story |
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| words used to convey sounds |
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| a literary composition written in verse and has meter |
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| using the same word multiple times |
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| Time and location in a story |
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| a character with traits that make the person represent a group |
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| A narrator in a story whose account is faulty or biased |
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| ways of convincement, logos is through logic, ethos is through authority, or pathos through emotion |
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| repetition of the same syllable |
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| speech that only the audience hears |
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| a poem with no rhyming patter, but has meter |
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| Disagreement between opposite sides in a play |
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| single play or group of plays |
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| when the story is interpreted to explain events from before the play or play started |
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| vocabulary specific to an industry, trade or group |
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| A reoccuring object, concept, theme, in a work of literature |
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| two opposite meanings of a word that makes a sentence |
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| refers to how the story is told |
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| a questions where no answer is expected |
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| the way the audience reacts due to the outcome of the story |
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| 2 words compared to show similarities |
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| the writer's account of their own life |
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| an individual involved in the story. Flat - stereotype, Round - Realistic Character, Static - character stays the same, doesn't change, Dynamic - the character changes |
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| two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
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| a hero that is the main character with noble or divine origins |
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| a piece of writing taken out of another piece of literature |
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| hints that tell you about what might happen in the future |
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| An exaggeration of something that is said |
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| when you take two similar parts of grammer sentences and use them to relate importance |
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| the person the entire story is centered around |
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| the way the text flows or rhymes |
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| a speech a character gives when sad or lonely |
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| the main idea of the story, often has a deep meaning |
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| something that opposes the protagonist |
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| ends happy or in marriage |
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| the way the character naturally speaks |
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| a lengthy, narrative poem |
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| something that is not real |
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| the type or style of a story |
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| an implication based on previous evidence |
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| the mood or feeling in a story |
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| the storyline of the story, events that make up the story |
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| a story that mocks humans or a practice to bring change |
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| a play that ends in death |
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| giving human shape to something that is not human |
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| when someone says a remark but they mean the opposite |
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| a poem typicaly used by Shakespeare that has fourteen lines and a couplet at the end |
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| the emotion the writer is trying to put into his writing |
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| a short account of an event that is written humoruosly |
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| a song or songlike poem that tells a story |
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| the dictionary definition of something |
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| a story or narrative of something that really happened |
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| a similarity not using like or as |
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| giving human qualities to something not human |
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| a comparison that is obvious in a long series of verse |
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| a trite, stereotyped expression expressing an idea that has lost originality through overuse |
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| a short tale to teach a moral lesson |
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| a verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern |
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| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things |
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