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Mood

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The readers feelings as a result of the authors tone

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces

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Characterization

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The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work.

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Paraphrasing

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A restatement of an idea in your own words

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Imagery

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Devices which appeal to the senses

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Irony

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Surprising, amusing

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Denotation

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The specific meaning of a word (exact)

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Connotation

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The emotional implications that a word may carry

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Context clues

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Hints the author gives to help understand a difficult word

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial (beginning) constant sounds

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Tone

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The authors feelings about a subject conveyed through fiction

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which an object or action, isn’t applicable

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Thesis statement

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Sentence that appears at the end of the first paragraph

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Sentence fragments

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Can’t stand by itself

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Vivid verbs

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Presenting the appearance

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Traditional words

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words used by the author to help the reader progress

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Point of view

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The narrator or speakers perspective from which the story is told

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Authors purpose

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To persuade and inform

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Summarizing

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A grief statement of the main point

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Chronological order

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Arranged in the order it happened

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Assonance

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Repetition of a vowel in poetry

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Epic plot

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Long narrative poem with elevated style

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Simile

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Uses like or as

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Theme

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Subject of talk, writing, thoughts, or exhibition

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Analogy

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The comparison of two things which are alike in several respects.

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Setting

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Where the story takes place