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The author's attitude toward the writing (poet's attitude toward poem) |
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Describing something by comparing - using metaphors and similies |
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Describing things using the five senses
touch, smell, taste, hear, see |
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a short extract froma film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing - a small piece of a bigger piece |
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recognizing the oddness or unfairness of a given situation ex: the doctor's office is closed due to illness
- you expect to go to the doctor to get well |
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when an author hints at what is to come |
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The person created by the author to tell the story |
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feeling the author or poet creates for the reader |
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A flat character which is known by its familiar characteristics - ex. all people from Texas have cadillacs and oil wells |
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Word that sounds like the sound it makes
ex: buzz, pop |
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repeating of the same beginning sounds
ex: she sells sea shells |
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Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
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A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit |
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force working against the main character |
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idea and feeling associated with the word, as opposed to the dictionary meaning
ex: That car is "bad" - connotation is good
dictionary means not good |
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when a character struggles against another person or some outside force |
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a struggle inside the character
ex: struggling with a choice to make |
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The reason a character acts, thinks, or feels a certain way
ex: getting good grades so you can play sports |
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third person point of view |
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the story is told by a narrative voice outside the action, not by the character
ex: story told by the narrator |
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systematic analysis of something written or spoken |
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taking a large selection of text and reducing it to only the important points |
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The big idea or what all the sentences in a paragraph are about
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what all the paragraphs in a writing are about |
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