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Stories or things that make you laugh

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Comedy

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Struggles that are within the mind of the character

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Internal conflict

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When the definition of a word is exact and cannot change over time

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Denotation

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A picture is worth a thousand words

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Cliché

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The place where a story takes place

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Setting

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Repetition of initial consonant letter

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Alliteration

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The storyline of a story or song

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Plot

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The end of a story when all the pieces are getting tied together

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Resolution

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A statement that appears wrong but is true

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Paradox

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A poem or song that tells a story

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Ballad

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Like the atmosphere in a story, technically considered to be part of the setting

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Mood

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The person telling the story

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Narrator

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Colloquial use of language

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Slang

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A character that stays the same throughout a story

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Static

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Peoples’ talking in a story

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Dialogue

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16
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Something that is unique to each author

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Style

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17
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When something is arranged by the time it occurred

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Chronological order

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Slang or not formal English

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Colloquial

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When a piece of literature makes fun of a political person or event

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Satire

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Showing how things are different

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Contrast

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When the author gives hints of what is to come in a story

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Foreshadowing

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Implied meaning, eg. Juvenile

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Connotation

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When the words at the end of a poem or song sound the same

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Rhyme

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When the story sees into the minds of all the characters

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Omniscient

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When a character remembers details from the past as part of a story line.

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Flashback

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A reference in a novel or story to a previous event in history, such a biblical events or other stories

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Allusion

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Literature that is meant to sway your opinion or make you think a certain way

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Propaganda

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When information is presented through suggested details and implication rather than stated clearly.

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Indirect

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29
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Only telling one side of an idea

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Bias

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When all the pieces of a story are tied together at the end and it makes sense

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Resolution

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When you are on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next

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Suspense

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32
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When a lesser expression is used than would be expected, The Rockies are scenic

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Understatement

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When you are on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next

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Suspense

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When a lesser expression is used than would be expected, The Rockies are scenic

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Understatement

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A character that learns and changes by the end of a story

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Dynamic

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Showing how things are the same

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compare

37
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When there is a pattern to the rhyme in a poem

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Rhyme scheme

38
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The parts of a story that add up to the climax

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Rising action

39
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The parts of a story that add up to the climax

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Rising action

40
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The people who are reading your work

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Audience

41
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A way of speaking that might not be understood by everyone, ie RAM, DVD, or pedagogical implications of curriculum revisions

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Jargon

42
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Conflict that is like a struggle that a character has with his own identity

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Internal conflict

43
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A chunk of poem or song

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Stanza

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A comparison using like or as

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simile

45
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The mood of a story, such as scary or happy, considered part of the setting

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…..atmosphere

46
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The person who is telling the story or reading a speech

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Narrator

47
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A 14 line poem with a strict rhyme scheme

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Sonnet

48
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When you say something that is sneering or jesting about a person

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Sarcasm

49
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Comparison that does not use like or as

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Metaphor

50
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An essay that explains something

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Expository

51
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The pattern that words make, makes you tap your feet

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Rhythm

52
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The bad guy in a story

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Antagonist

53
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A jock or nerd in a story

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Stereotype

54
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When an author uses a lot of detail

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Description

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The main idea of a story or poem, the inferential level, often links different pieces of literature together

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Theme

56
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A chorus, the repeating part of a song

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Refrain

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The main character of a story, usually the good guy

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Protagonist

58
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The high point in the action of a story

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Climax

59
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When an author uses literary techniques to help description

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Figurative language

60
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a figure of speech that contains two contradictory terms, jumbo shrimp

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Oxymoron

61
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When an inanimate (not living) thing is given living qualities

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Personification

62
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When the story conflict is against ghosts etc

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Man vs supernatural

63
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A play

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Drama

64
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The writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story’s action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.

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Objective

65
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Trying to convince you of something or other

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Persuasive

66
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A play on words

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Pun

67
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When the conflict in a story is against the forest or mountains

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Man vs. environment

68
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a comparison that does not use like or as. The author states that one thing is another thing in order to give you an image in your mind.

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Metaphor

69
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When one item is meant to represent a larger idea

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Symbolism

70
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a poem that has a regular rhythm or meter, but no rhyme. Usually iambic pentameter.

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Blank verse

71
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Words that sound like the thing they are describing makes, such as buzz

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Onomatopoeia

72
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When there is a sad ending

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Tragedy

73
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Poems that do not follow a particular pattern or rhyme scheme are written like this.

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Free verse

74
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When an actor tells what is happening in his head by thinking out loud. Like in Malcolm in the Middle.

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Aside

75
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when there is not much information about a character

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Flat

76
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Poems, plays, stories, novels, science fiction, drama, romance all fit into a particular category

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Genre

77
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When the conflict is between two characters

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Man vs man

78
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a character that acts in such a way as to show up the details or personality of another character, either positive or negative

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Foil

79
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When you write a story that tells your own story

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personal narrative or autobiography

80
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Giving an item human qualities

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Personification

81
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When an author uses descriptive detail to paint a picture in your mind

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Imagery

82
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When there is lots of information about a character

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Round

83
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When information is presented clearly and stated so it is easy to understand

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,….

84
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Could be first person, omniscient etc

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Point of view

85
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What we say when a main character is telling the story. Uses I or we.

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First person

86
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Who loves Sarah the most… mom, dad or grannie?

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daddy says daddy, mommy says mommy, grannie says grannie

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