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1
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what is the concentration comp eatsblished by the nazis?

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Auschwitz

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what word means prison in paris?

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Bastille

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what was the fort called in a chaple in san antanio?

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Alamo

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what refers to the langauge that decribes concepts rather than concrete images?

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Abstract

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what word means extended narrative in prose or verse?

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Allegory

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what word means short and simple in an narrative of an incident?

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Anecdote

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what explanatory notes gets added to a text to explain?

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Annoation

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what means the presentetion of two constructing images?

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Antithesis

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what means short and often witty in a statement?

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Annorism

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10
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the word usally used in poetry but sometimes in a prose.

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Apostrapbe

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what writing attempts to prove the point of view?

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Argumentation

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12
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harsh award, or sounds used in potery or prose its the opposite of euphony

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Cacophony, Dissonance

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descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons apperance

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Caricature

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a word or pharse using slang in everyday conversatation

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Colloquiallism

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quailty of a piece of writing in which all the parts devolpe a central idea

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coherence

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16
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langauge that desribes people, places, rather than ideas or qualities

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concrete language

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17
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implied or suggested meaning of a word

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connatation

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18
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repetion id identical constant sounds with in two or more words

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consonance

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19
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a riddle whose answer is or involves apun pacdox or a diffcult problem

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concundrum

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the process of moving from a general rule to a example

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deduction

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21
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literal meaning of a word as defined

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denotation

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22
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the picturing in words of something or someone

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description

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23
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A element of style that creates attitude ,tone and style

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Diction

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24
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A poem that tells a story

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Ballad

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25
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Story of a persons life written by someone else

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Biography

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26
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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27
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Pause brakes in a line. Of poetry

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Caesura

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28
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An event that comes first and the other one follows

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Cause and effect

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29
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A person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions of a story

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Character

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30
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A character in a story or poem who frustrates the main character

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Anatgoist

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31
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A picture of a persons habits

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Caricature

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32
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A character who sewes as a contrast

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Foil

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33
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a character whose actions are inspiring or noble

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Hero/heroine

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34
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the order which events happen in time

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Chronogical order

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35
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the readers process of pausing while reading to review what they understand

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clarifying

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36
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a type of figurative langauge having overused expression

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cliche

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37
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see plot

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climax

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38
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a dramtic work that is light and often funny

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comedy

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39
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the process of identifying similarities

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comparsion

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40
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type of poetry that uses its visual form to present its meassage

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concrete poetry

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41
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the tension or problem in the story

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conflict

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42
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the dominantor or most important conflict in the story

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central conflict

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43
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the problem or struggle that exsist between the main character and the outside force

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external conflict

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44
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the problem or struggle that takes place in the main characters mind

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internal conflict

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45
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a readers process of reading of a litrary work to his or her own knowledge

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connecting

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46
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the idea of feeling associated with award as oppsed to its dictionary definition

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connotation

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47
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hints or suggestions that may surround unfamilar words or pharses

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context clues

48
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the process of pointing out differences between things

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contrast

49
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a rhymed pair of lines in a poem

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couplet

50
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see plot

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denouement

51
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a form of langauge that is spoken in a particular place or group of people

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dialect

52
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the converstation between characters in a drama or narrative

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dialogue

53
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a play or drama that is meant to be preformed by actors before an audience

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drama

54
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combining several information to make a influence

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drawing conclusions

55
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literarcy device that is used when a character reveals their inner thoughts

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dramatic monologue

56
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a type of literature defined as a sonoger poem

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elegly

57
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in poetry an in comlpete syntat at he end of a line

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enviambment

58
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a short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event

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epigram

59
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a long narrative about the adventures of a hero who shows actions

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epic

60
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a sudden moment of understanding that causes a character to change

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epiohony

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a short poem or verse written on memory of someone

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epitath

62
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a short work of nonficition that deals with a single subject

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essay

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describes a particular subject

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descriptive essay

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someones purpose to explain and give infromation about a subject

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expository essay

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highly organizied and throughly researched

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formal essay

66
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purpose is to entertain the reader

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humorous essay

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the lighter in tone and usally reflects the writers feelings and personality

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informal essay

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an essay that tells a story

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narritive essay

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attempts to convince a reader to adopt a particular option

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persuasive essay

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the process of judging the value of something or someone

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evaluting

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see hyperbole

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exaggeration

72
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see plot

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exposition

73
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a figure of speech that compares to essentiallly unlike things in great length

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extented metaphore

74
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see conflict

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exernal conflict

75
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a breif tale that teaches a lesson about human nature

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false

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a fact is a statement that can be proven and an opinion reflects the writer

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fact and opinion

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see plot

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falling action

78
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plose writing that tells an imaginary story

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ficition

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expressions that are not literary true

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figurative language

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see point of view

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first person point of view

81
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an interruption of the chronoagical sequence

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flash back

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see character

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foil

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traditions customs and stories that are passed down within a culture

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folklore

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a unit of meter within a line

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foot

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when the writer provides questions or hints

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foreshadowing

86
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poetry without regular patterns of rhythm

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free verse

87
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a broad statement about an entire topic

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generailzations

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a type of category of literature the four main genre

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genre

89
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a traditional form of Japanese poetry

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halau

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see character

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hero

91
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fiction that explores a past

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historical fiction

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rhyming lines that contain a complete thought

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accuplet

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contains mysterious events to create a sense of terror

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horror fiction

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the equality that provokes laughter

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humer

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a figure of speech

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hyperbole

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see meter

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iambic pontometer

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a phrase that means something different

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idiom

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the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses

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imagery

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a logical guess

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infrernce

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see conflict

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internal conflict

101
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a meeting in which one person asks another about personal matters

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interview

102
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a contrast between what is expected

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irony

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occurs when the speaker means something to different

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verbal irony

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occurs when facts are not known to the characters

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dramtic irony

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suggests that some unknown force brings about fire and dreadful events

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cosmic irony

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the difference between what is expected to happen

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irony of situation

107
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a story handed down from the past

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legend

108
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a short humorous poem

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limreck

109
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the actual meaning of a word or phrase

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literal meaning

110
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a song like a poem

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lyric

111
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the most important point of the story

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main idea

112
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a specific type of autobiography

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memior

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a type of figurative language

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metephor

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the regular pattern of accented and unaccented symbols

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meter

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one foot per line

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monometer

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two feet per line

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dimeter

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