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Abstract

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Language that describes concepts rather than concrete images, ideas, and qualities, rather than observe or specify things, people, or places.

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Allegory

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Extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and setting, represent abstract qualities and in which, writers intend a second meaning to be read under the surfaces of a story. underlying meaning: moral, religious, political, social.

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Anedote

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short, simple, narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

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Annotation

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explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite source, give data

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Antithesis

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presentation of 2 contrasting images. phrase, clause, or paragraphs

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Apostrophe

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device of calling out to a imaginary person

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Argumentation

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attempts to prove vadility of a point of view or idea

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colophon Dissonance

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harsh, akward sounds used on purpose in poetry

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Caricature

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descriptive writing that gives specific featured of a persons appearance

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colloquiallism

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used in everyday convo. inpropper (Yall, aint)

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Coherance

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contribute to difference of central idea, theme, or principle

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concrete language

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specific, observable things! people or places rather than ideas or qualities

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Conotation

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identical consonant sounds within 2 or more words in close means

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Conundurm

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riddle whose answers is or involves a pun

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Deduction

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to move, or take away

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Denotation

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meaning of a word

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description

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detailed observation of color, motion, etc

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Diction

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tone, attitude, and style

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Ballad

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tells a story through a poem

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Biography

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story of a persons life by others

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Blank verse

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unrymed iambic pentameter

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Caesura

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sudden pause in line of poetry

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Character

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Person responsible for thoughts, people who play in the “Play”`

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Antagonist

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Deceiving character

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Protagonist

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character who is for something

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Foil

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serves as a contrast, or conflict to another

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Hero

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action are inspiring

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Chrous

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see refrain

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Chronological Order

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order things happen

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Clarifying

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To understand for sure

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Climax

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order in which things start to rise

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Comedy

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Humorous words, phrases, jokes

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Comparison

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to put 2 things against one another and find like things

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Concrete peotry

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uses physical or visual to give messege

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Central conflict

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most important conflict

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external conflict

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problem b/w main character and outside forces

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Internal Conflict

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problem within character

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connecting

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compair things to their own experiance and knowledge

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Connotation

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To object a word from dictionary

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Consonance

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repeat of sounds within lines of poetry

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Context Clues

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to give hints the speach or phrases

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Contrast

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To compair one thing to another

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Couplet

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rhymed pair of lines in poetry

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Denotation

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exact meaning of a word

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Denounment

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see plot

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Dialect

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spoken in specific place

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Dialog

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Convo B/W character in drama

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Drama

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By actor, speaking to audiance and tells the story

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Drawing conclusion

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combining info to make guess

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Dramatic monologue

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reveals his or her deep thoughts and feelingsq

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elegy

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lit. song or poem

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Descriptive essay

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describes particular subj

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EXPOSITORY

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explains info on subj.

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informal

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light tone, shows feeling

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humorous

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to amuse audiance

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narractive

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tells a story

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PERSUASIVE

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convince or your own opinion

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evaluationg

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judging value`

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exaggeration

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see hyberbole

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expositon

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seeplot

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extended metephor

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compares 2 unlikethings

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external conflict

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see conflict

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fable

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teaches a lesson

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fact and opinion

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can be proved and states your own judgment

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falling action

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see plot

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enjambment

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end of a line with no punctuation.

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epigram

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to make fun of

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epic

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herosaction that reflect of nation

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epitaph

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moment that makes character change actions

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essay

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nonficton paper telling a summary about something/one

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descriptive essay

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particular subject

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expository e

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explain and give info on subjectq

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farmal e

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organized and researched

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humorous

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to amuse or entertain reader

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informal e

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reflects writers feelings and opinion

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narrative

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explains the readers op-oinion on story

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evaluating

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judging value of something

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exaggeration

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see hyperbole

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exposition

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extended metephor

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compares 2 unlike things in lengths

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external conflict

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see conflict

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fable

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tale that teaches a lesson

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fact and opinion

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fact is and statement that can be proved , opinion is to what someone feels or thinks

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fiction

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something is fake

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figurative language

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expression that arent litterally true

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1st person point of view

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see point of view

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flashback

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take back from present to remember the old/past

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foil

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see character

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folklolre

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traditions passed down generation to generation

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folktale

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simple story passed down generation to generation

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foot

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measurement in line of poetry

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foreshadowig

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writer provides clues as to what is to happen

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free verse

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poetry w/o regular pattern

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generalization

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based statement about a group

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genre

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a catagory of literature

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haiku

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japan poetry

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hero

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see character

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heroic couplet

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2 rhyming lines that state a complete thought

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historical fiction

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explores past time

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horror fiction

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story with mysterious events

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humor

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provokes laughter

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hyperbole

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truth is exagerated

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iambic pentamenter

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see metephor

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idiom

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expression that means something diff.

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memoir

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type of autobiography

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metaphor

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compares 2 unlike things but may have 1 quality in common

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meter

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regular pattern of poetryq

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imagery

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appeal to the five senses

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inference

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logic based guess

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internal conflict

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see conflict

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interview

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meeting in which one person ask questions to another

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irony

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contrast between what happens and whats expected

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verbal irony

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speaker means something totaly dif. then what was said

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dramatic irony

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when audiance knows something actor dosent

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cosmic irony

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something brings dreadful events

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irony of situation

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how things work out than how they actually happen

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legend

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story handed down from past about 1 person

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limireck

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short humorous story with 5 lines with aabba

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literal meaning

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what something actually means

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lyric

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main expression in a song

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main idea

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what story is trying to get to

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memoir

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specific type of autobiography

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metaphor

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figurative language

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meter

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regular pattern of aqccented or unaccented lines

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monometer

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1 foot per line

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dimeter

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2 feet per line

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tri

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3 ft / line

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pent

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hexa

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hept

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octa

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TET

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metonymy

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substituation of one word or phrase

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minor

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see character

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mood

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created through use of plot character etc.

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moral

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lesson story teaches

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motif

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good and evil

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motivation

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why character acts

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myth

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trys to explain how world evolved

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narrative

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writing that tells a story

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narrative poetry

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poetry that tells a story

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narrator

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one who tells a story

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unreliable narratorq

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one who gives own understanding

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narravtive poem

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see narrative

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narrator

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see narrative

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nonfiction

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novel

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fiction that is longer thana short story

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soliloquy

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character who is alone on stage

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sonnet

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sytem of metrical structure

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sound device

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see alliteration

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speaker

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voice that talks to reader in poem

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speech

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talk in public

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stage directions

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instruction to actor

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stanza

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two or more lines in poem together

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static character

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see character

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stereotype

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broad overlook on views

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story mapping

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organizers helps readers understand

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style

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how something is said by writer

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subplot

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summerizing

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brief recounting main ideas

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EYE RHYMES

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appear to rhyme but doesn’t really

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internal rhyme

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found ion poetry

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slant rhyme

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near rhyme

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rhyme scheme

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matching lowercase letters

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rhythum

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flow of sounds by arrangement

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rising action

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sarcasm

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meaning one thing other than said

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satire

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ideas ridiculed

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scanning

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searching through writing for fact or info

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scene

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part of scene meaning at 1 time

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science fiction

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unexpected possibilities

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secondary source

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present info

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suspence

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growing excitement

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symbolism

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something specific for something else

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synecdoche

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naming 1 part

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Theme

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idea incorporated into play/story

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3rd person point oif view

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see point of view

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tragedy

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presents downfall within character in story

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