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work 8-65
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Language - English
7th Grade
02/29/2012

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Hyperbole


Definition
An exaggeration or overstatement
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Idiomatic Language{Idiom
Definition
An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
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Irony
Definition
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual menaing
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Literary Conflict {Conflict}

 

Definition
The struggle that grown out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot
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Metaphor
Definition
The comparison of two unlike think in which no words of comparison are used 
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Personiflcation
Definition
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form 
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Point of View
Definition
The way in which an author reveals character, event and ideas in telling a story;the vantage point from which the story is told
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Simile
Definition
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison is used
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Dialogue
Definition
Conversation  between people in a literary work
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