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10th Grade
01/23/2013

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ALLITERATION
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The recurrence of inital consenant sounds ex. Sheryl sat silently in her seat
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Archetype
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a basic pattern common to people of different times and cultures 

ex. women are known to be the mother figure not hero

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Protagonist
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The main character 
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Conflict
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The struggle between two opposing forces 

internal --> person vs self

external--> person vs everything else

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Flashback
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A break in the storyline to introduce what happened earlier 
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Foreshadowing
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a hint that something is going to happen before it does
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hyperbole
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Obvious/ intentional exaggeration

ex. im starving,  been waiting forever

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Imagery
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descriptive language that evokes a sensory experience. 

( 5 SENSES; SIGHT, TOUCH, TASTE, SMELL, LOOKS)

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Irony
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the expression of meaning by using language that signifies the opposite 
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dramatic irony
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reader has info that the character does not
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verbal irony
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character says one thing that means another 
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situational irony
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when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen
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onomatopia
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figure of speech in which words are used to intiate sounds ex. boom,  bang
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Oxymoron
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figure of speech,contradicting terms are combined 

- paradox reduced to 2 words

ex. sweet sorrow, even odds

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theme
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a broad  idea in a story or a message or lesson learned by a work (story)
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Allusion
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a short informal reference to a famous person or event 

ex. plan ahead; it wasnt raining when noah built the ark 

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epiphany
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sudden moment of realization
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jargon
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terminology that relates to a specific activity or group ex. computers(download,upload, defrag)
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mood/ atmosphere
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prevailing feeling in story communicated through authors direct comments ex. may be suspensefull, calm, tense, mysterious
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prose
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the ordinary form of spoken or written language without metrical structure ex. poetry
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Pun
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Play on words/ words with a different meaning ex. writing with a broken pencil is pointless
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suspense
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uncertainity or excitement regarding what will happen next 

ex. foreshadowing, hyperbole, short sentences, irony, leaving info  out, vivid verbs, understatement, repition creates suspense 

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Parody
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an imitation usually in a humourous way
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Pathetic fallacy
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nature(weather) that reflects the mood of the story ex. it was a dark stormy night
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Understatement
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deliberately expressing an idea as less important than it actually is  ex."chris brown has some talent"
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dilemma
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a situation in which a character must make a choice between two undesirable alternatives. posing a dilemmma creates conflict & suspense
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First person point of view
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narrator is a character in the story recounting the events (uses I)
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Third person omniscient
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narrator knows thoughts and feelings of all characters (god like) 
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Third person limited
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Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character usually the protagonist 
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Foil
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A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast
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colloquialism
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casual/ informal words or phrases that are not formal ( slang) ex. gonna, wanna, hafta
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euphemism
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an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh ie. fatally wounded instead of killed or held back a grade instead of failed a grade
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Idiom
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expressions that cannot be understood literally

- a cliche is usually a idiom but a idiom is not always a cliche ex. kick the bucket, break a leg

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INTRODUCTION
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introduces background, conflict. character, setting motivates the reader to keep reading 
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Inciting/ trigger incident
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the first event that causes or introduces the action in the story
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Rising Action
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main part of the story where character tries to solve his or her problem very suspenseful
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CLIMAX
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highest point of interest in the story, where conflicts are resolved 
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Falling action
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part of story that leads to conclusion
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CONCLUSION
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final details of the story
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