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Poetry Vocab #5
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Literature
8th Grade
01/25/2009

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Exaggeration

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The overstationg of an idea. Authors use it to emphasize meaning meaning or to create humor.
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Flashback
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Tells of a conversation or event that happened before the story began

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Foreshadowing
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The use of hints that piont to future stroy events. It is one way an author creates suspense.
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Exposition
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Sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and gives important background imformation.
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Irony
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The contrast or contradiction of what is expected and what acually happens.
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Motivation
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The reason a character acts and thinks the way they do.

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Plot
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The sequence or related events that make up a story.
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Point of View
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The perspective from which a story is told.
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Protagonist
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It is usually the main character in a story. Normally, the reader sympathizes with or at least understands it.

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Satire
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It is a literary technique used to criticize or ridicule ideas, customs, behaviors or institutions. Because people tend to react angrily if criticized direcly, a person criticizes his or her subject in an indirect way.
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Bias
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an opinion about whether a person, group, or idea is good or bad, which influences how you deal with it.
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