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What is Alliteration?

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Repeating the same sound; descriptive words.

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What is Allusion?

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Reference to something; indirect or passing reference.

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What is an Analogy?

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Comparing two things to explain something.

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What is an Antagonist?

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The opposing force; not always a bad guy.

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What is an Antecedent?

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A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another
- Like antecedent action in a story

Example: I hate my Russian doll. She is so full of herself.

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What is an Archetype?

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An idea, symbol, pattern, or character-type in a story; symbolizes something universal in the human experience.

  • For example, every story has a “sage”, who is basically a wise mentor that helps the main character
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What is an Aside?

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A short speech from a character that is spoken directly to the audience.

  • It’s kind of like that mumbling we see in Romeo and Juliet; they speak to the audience as “mumbling” rather than speaking to the rest of the stage members
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What is Characterization?

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Qualities of a character that come from the story, either through event, dialogue, or clearly stated by the author.

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What is a Cliche?

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A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

  • For example: Think outside of the box
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What is Climax?

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The big turning point of a story; often where the main conflict is solved.

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What is Colloquial?

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An informal, commonplace language specific to a demographic or time period.

Informal language in a certain place

  • Example: Soccer in America and football in the UK.
  • It’s also slang, like y’all, gonna, etc.
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What is Compare/Contrast?

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Comparing is finding similarities and contrasting is finding differences.

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What is Conflict?

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The main problem.

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What is Context?

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Background information or circumstances you provide to inform why something is taking place.

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What is a Couplet?

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A two-line poem with the same meter and rhymes.

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What is Denouement?

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The ending.

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What is Dialogue?

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Speech; what the characters are saying.

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What is Diction?

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Certain words the author chooses to get their point across.

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What is Direct/Indirect Presentation?

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How they describe a character.

Direct: author directly tells you
Indirect: through speech, events, etc.

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What is Discourse?

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The use of language to share ideas, insights, and information.
A speech or piece of writing about a particular, usually serious, subject

  • Example: giving a discourse on something is to explain thoroughly about a certain thing
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What is Drama?

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Genre or style of writing; a play.

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What is Dynamic?

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Characters that change throughout the story.

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What is an Epilogue?

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Comes after the main story has ended.

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What is a Euphemism?

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A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.

  • Saying someone “passed away” instead of saying they died
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What is Exposition?
The beginning of the story; usually introduces the protagonist.
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What is a Fable?
A short story that often has animals as main characters; used to show a moral.
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What is Figurative Language?
Language used in short stories that uses words in a different way to convey a different meaning.
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What is a Flashback?
A short snippet of what happened before.
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What is a Flat character?
An underdeveloped character.
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What is Foreshadowing?
Predicting what would happen next.
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What is Generalization?
Generalizing; also stereotyping.
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What is Genre?
Category of writing; horror, romance, etc.
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What is Hyperbole?
Over-exaggeration.
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What is Imagery?
Using the senses to describe your surroundings.
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What is Implication?
Implying or suggesting something that isn’t clearly stated.
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What is Initial Incident?
After exposition; part of the story that introduces the main conflict.
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What is Irony?
Three types of irony: Verbal, Situational, Dramatic.
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What is Jargon?
Words and terms used by a group of people that are difficult for others to understand.
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What is Juxtaposition?
Placing two things side by side for contrast.
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What is a Metaphor?
Comparing without using like or as.
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What is Metonymy?
Substitution based on close association. ## Footnote When you use word to refer to something else. For example, suits mean businessmen
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What is a Monologue?
A lengthy speech in a play or other literary work.
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What is Mood/Atmosphere?
Certain words to make the reader feel a certain way while reading it. ## Footnote Example: It was a dark and stormy night. The mood is dark and silent; kind of scary.
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What is Motivation?
What drives the character to do something.
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What is Narrative?
Telling a fictitious or non-fictitious tale; examples include stories, plays, essays.
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What is a Narrator?
Who is telling the story; can be first person, second person, or various third person perspectives.
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What is Onomatopoeia?
Sound words.
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What is an Oxymoron?
Contradicting terms placed with each other.
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What is a Paradox?
A self-contradicting statement that seems absurd, but makes sense the more you look at it.
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What is Parallelism?
Repeating grammar or construction of different sentences to create harmony.
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What is Personification?
Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object.
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What is Plot?
Sequence of events of a story.
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What is Poetry?
Type of literature that conveys thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. in a lyrical way.
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What is a Prologue?
Separate introduction from the main narrative.
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What is Prose?
Piece of writing that doesn’t follow rhyme or meter, but has sentences and paragraphs.
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What is a Protagonist?
The main character of the story.
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What is Resolution?
The ending of the story.
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What is Revision?
Looking through and editing work.
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What is a Rhetorical Device?
Technique or style of language in order to evoke a certain reaction from the reader or persuade them to think a certain way.
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What is Rhyme?
Words that have similar sounding end syllables.
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What is Rhythm?
Beat and pace of written work.
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What is a Round character?
A round character is when we know a lot about that character.
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What is a Simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
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What is a Soliloquy?
Talking aloud, but to yourself.
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What is Sotto Voce?
Saying something quietly/under your breath.
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What is a Stanza?
A poem’s paragraph.
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What is Static?
A character that doesn’t change at the end of the story; remains the same throughout the narrative.
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What are Stock Characters?
Characters that represent stereotypes; stereotypical characters. ## Footnote Example: Evil stepmother, Crazy scientist.
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What is Suspension of Disbelief?
Not caring/regarding the disbelief of a story.
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What is Symbolism?
Using a person, place, thing, or object to represent something.
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What is Syntax?
Arrangement of words to create a well-formed/structured sentence.
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What is Theme?
Underlying message or big idea; examples include love, good vs evil, coming of age.
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What is a Thesis?
A statement you’re arguing in an essay.
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What is a Transition?
A word or phrase to connect ideas with each other; helps to signal changes in story.

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