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Aushwitz

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the infamous concentration camp established by the nazis in poland.

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Bastille

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a prison in paris where many political prisoners and other offenders were held and tortured untill the time of the french revolition.

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Alamo

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A fort once a chapel in san antonio texas where a group of americans made a heroic stand against a much larger mexican force in 1836 during the war.

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abstract

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refers to language that describes concepts reather than concrete images.

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Allegory

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an extended narrative in prose pr verse n which characters events and setting represent abstract avalities and in which the writer intends a seconf meaning to be read beneathe the surface of the story.

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Anecdote

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short simple narrative of and incident often used for humurous effects or to make a point.

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Annotation

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explanatory notes added to a text to explain cite sourcer or to give bibliographical data.

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Antithesis

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the presentation of the contrasting images the ideas are balanced by word phrase clause or paragraphs.

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Aphorism

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short often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life.

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Apostrophe

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Ususally in poetry but sometimes in prose the sevice of calling out to an imafinary dead or absent person or place or thing or personified abstaction.

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Argumentation

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writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments, persuasive writing is a form of argumentation.

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Cacophony

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Dissonance harsh awkward or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose opposite of euphony.

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Caricature

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Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance or a facet of personality.

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Colloquialism

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a word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing in which all parts contribute to the development of the central idea.

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Connotation

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implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the readers mind.

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Consonance

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repetition of identical consonant sounds with in two or more words in close proximity as in boost/ best.

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Conundrum

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a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun.

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Deduction

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the process of moving from general rule to a specific example.

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Description

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the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color motion sound taste smell and touch.

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Diction

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word choice and element of style..

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Ballad

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is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.

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Biography

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the story of a person’s life that is written by someone else.

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Blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter.

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Caesura

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a pause or sudden break in a line of poetry.

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Cause and Effect

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two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about or cause the other event happens first is the cause.

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Character

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a person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story poem or other literature.

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Chorus

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see refrain.

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Clarifying

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the reader’s process of pausing occasionally while reading to quickly review what he or she understands.

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Cliche

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a type of figurative language containing an over use expression or a saying that is no longer considered original.

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Climax

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see plot.

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Comedy

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dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone and usually ends happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict.

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Comparison

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the process of identifying similarities.

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Concrete poetry

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a type of poetry that uses its physical or visual form to present its message.

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Conflict

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the tension or problem in the story; a struggle between opposing forces terms associated with conflict.

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Drawing conclusions

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combining several pieces of information to make an inference is called drawing a conclusion.

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Dramatic monologue

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a literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings those that are hidden thoughout the course of the story line.

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Elegy

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a type of literature defined as a song or poem that expresses sorrow or lamentation, usually for one who has died.

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Enjambment

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in poetry incomplete syntax at the end of a lime the meaning running over into the next line without terminal punctuation.

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Epigram

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a short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event usually with witticism or sarcasm.

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Epic

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a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or group.

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Epiphany

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a sudden moment of understanding that causes a charracter to change or to act a cetain way.

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Epitaph

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a short poem or verse written in memory of someone.

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Essay

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a short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject .

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Exaggeration

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see hyperbole.

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Exposition

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see plot.

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External confluct

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see conflict.

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Falling action

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see plot.

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Fantasy

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a work of literature that contains at least one fantastic or unreal element.

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Fiction

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prose writing that tells an imaginary story.

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Figurative language or figure of speech

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expressions that are not literally true.

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First person point of view

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see point of view.

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Flashback

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an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.

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Foil

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see character.

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Folklore

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traditions customs and stories that are passed down within a culture.

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Folktale

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a simple story that has been passsed from generation to generation by wird if mouth.

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Foot

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a unit of meter within a line of poetry.

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Foreshadowing

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when the writer provides clues or hints that suggest or predict future event in a story.

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Free verse

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poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythem .

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Generalization

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a broad statement about an entire group.

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Genre

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a type or category of literature.

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Haiku

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a traditional form of Japanese poetry usually dealing with nature.

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Hero or heroine

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see character.

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Heroic couplet or closed couplet

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a couplet consisting of two or more successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought.

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Historical fiction

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fiction that explores a past time period and may contain references to actual people and events of the past.

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Horror fiction

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fiction that contains mysterious and often supernatural events to create a sense of terror.

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Humor

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the quality that provokes laughter or amusement.

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Hyperbole

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a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.

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Iambic pentameter

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see meter

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Idiom

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a phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say.

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Imagery

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

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Inference

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is a logical guess based on evidence based on evidence in the text.

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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 asks another about personal matter.

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Irony

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Is the contrast between what actually happened and what is expected

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Verbal irony

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Occurs when the speaker means something totally different than what he or she says.

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Dramatic irony

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Occurs when facts are not known to the characters in the work of lit. But is known to the audience

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