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Simile /simerli/

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A way of writing that compares between 2 things

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Hyperbole n

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A way of writing or speaking that makes sth better, more exciting than it really is

Exaggeration

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Imagery n

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Description of surrounding

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Characterization

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Portray sb

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Deceptive misleading adj

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Likely to make you believe sth that is not true

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Bashful

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Shy , easily embrassed

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Explicitly adv

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Clearly and easily to understand

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Alliteration

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The repetition of a sound at the beginning of 2 or more words, such as “she sells sea shells by the sea shore”

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Allusion

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A reference to s.o or sth well-known or commonly known

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Analogy

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An identical relationship or function

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Antagonist

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The character who against the main character.

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Assonance

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Repetition of a vowel sound.

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Autobiography

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A work of literature about a person’s life , written by that person

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Ballad

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A type of narrative poem that is usually sung

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Climax

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The turning point of the story

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Connotation

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The implied or associated meaning of a word

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Denotation

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The literal, dictionary meaning of a word

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Epic

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A story that is narrated in a grand way

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Exposition

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The introductory part of a plot

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Fable

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A story with a moral

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Figuarative

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Language that is not to be taken literally but, instead, symbolically

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Flashback

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A break in a plot to relive something in the past

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Foreshadowing

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An indication of what is to come

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Harlem renaissance

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A period in the early part of the 1900s when literature, art , music , and culture flourished in Harlem

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Internal conflict

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A conflict within a chracter

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that is intended to imitate a sound, such as “bang”

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Parable

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A short story with a lesson or moral

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Parody

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A writing that is intended to imitate and mock sth

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to sth nonhuman

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Plot

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The complete sequence of events in a story

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Point of view

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The author ‘s perspective

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Prose

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Ordinary language

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Protagonist

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The heroes of a story

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Resolution

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The part of the plot when the conflict is resolved

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Soliloquy

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A monologue in which the character is speaking to himself

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Tragic flaw

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A character flaw that leads to demise of protagonist

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