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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Ex. Silence surged softly

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Allusion

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A reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

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Anachronism

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Something out of its normal time period.

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Analogy

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A comparison that explains or describes one subject by pointing out its similarities to another subject.

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Anecdote

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A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. It is told to entertain or to make a point

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Antagonist

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A character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist.

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Antithesis

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Involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings, generally for the purpose of contrast.
Ex. Sink or swim

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Aphorism

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A general truth or observation about life, usually stared concisely and pointedly.
Ex. A penny saved is a penny earned

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality.
Ex. Oh Death, where is thy sting?

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Archetype

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The term is applied to an image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore and is, therefore believed to evoke profound emotion because it touches the unconscious memory and thus calls into play illogical but strong responses.

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Aside

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Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character, that are not supposed to be overheard by the others on stage in a scene.

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables
Ex. Purple curtain; young love

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Character

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A person, animal, or a natural force presented as a person appearing in a literary work.

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Dynamic character

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Undergoes change

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Static character

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Stays the same

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Flat character

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Has only one or two personality traits. He or she is one dimensional and can be summed up by a single phrase

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Round character

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Has more dimensions to his or her personality. He or she is complex and multi faced, like real people.

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Climax

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The point of greatest emotion or suspense in a plot; the high point.

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Colloquialism

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An expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing. A colloquialism lies between the upper level of dignified formal, academic, or “literary” language and the lower level of slang.
Ex. Yeah

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces or characters in a literary work.

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External

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Conflict between persons, between a person and nature, between a person and society.

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Internal

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Conflict within a person struggling for mastery within a person’s mind
Ex. Conscience

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Consonance

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The repetition in tow or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables.
Ex. East and west

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Controlling image

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An image or metaphor which runs throughout the work.

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Coupiet

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

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Denouement

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All the problems or mysteries of the plot are unraveled; resolution.

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Description

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A portrait in words of a person, place, or object.

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Details

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The facts given by the author or speaker as support for the attitude or tone.

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Dialect

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The form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group. Pronunciation, vocabulary, and sentence structure are affected by dialect to give a story “local color”.

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Narrator

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A speaker or character who tells a story. The narrator may be either a character in the story or an outside observer.

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First person narrator

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A character in a story who is telling the story. Readers see only what this character sees, hears, etc.

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Omniscient narrator

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An all-knowing third-person narrator. This type of narrator can reveal to readers what the characters think and feeling.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that imitate sounds

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas
Ex. Jumbo shrimp; big baby

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but that expresses the truth

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Parallelism

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The repetition of grammatical structure

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Personification

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A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given a human characteristics

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Plot

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The sequence of events or actions in a literary work

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Point of view

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The vantage point from which a story is told

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First person POV

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The story is told by one of the characters in his or her own words, and the reader is told only what this character knows and observes

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Third person POV

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The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character

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Omniscient

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All knowing observer who describes and comments on all the characters and actions in a story

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Protagonist

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The central character of a drama, novel, shirt story, or narrative poem

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Pun

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A play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike

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Quatrain

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A stanza or poem made up of four lines, usually with a definite rhythm and rhyme scheme

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Refrain

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A word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza

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Repetition

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The use, more than one, of any element of language— a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence

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Rhetoric

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The art of using words effectively in speech or writing

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Rhetorical shift

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A change form one tone, attitude, etc.

look for keywords like but, however, even though, although, yet, etc.

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Rhyme

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The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem

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Approximate/Slant rhyme

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Two words are alike in some sounds, but do not rhyme exactly

Ex. Now & know

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End rhyme

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Occurring at the ends of lines

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Internal rhyme

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Occurring within a line

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of end rhymes

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Rhythm

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The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern

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Sarcasm

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A type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it

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Sensory language

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Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses

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Setting

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The time and place of the action of a literary work

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Simile

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A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike subjects
Ex. She is as flighty as a sparrow

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Soliloquy

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An extended speech, usually in a drama, delivered by a character alone on stage

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit

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Subplot

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A second, less important plot within a story

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Surprise ending

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A conclusion TVs violates the expectations of the reader but in a way that is both logical and believable

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Symbol

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Anything that stands for at represents something else. An object that serves as a symbol has its own meaning, but it also represents abstract ideas
Ex. Rose=love; flag=country

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Synecdoche

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A form of metaphor in which a part of something is used to stand for the whole thing
Ex. Star and stripes=flag

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Concrete poem

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A poem with a shape that suggests its subject

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Dramatic dialogue

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A poem which contains dialogue

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Dramatic monologue

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A poem in which a character speaks to one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed

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Dramatic poetry

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Poetry that involves the techniques of drama

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Elegy

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A poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual

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Epic

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A long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger than life hero who embodies the values of a particular society

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Epitaph

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An inscription on a gravestone or a commemoration poem written as if it were for that purpose

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Free verse

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Unrhymed poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern to meter. It seeks to capture the rhythms of speech

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Haiku

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A three line Japanese verse form typically containing 17 syllables

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Limerick

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A humorous rhyming five line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme

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Lyric poem

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Verse that expresses the personal observations and feelings of a single speaker

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Narrative poem

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A poem that tells a story

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Ode

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A complex and often lengthy lyric poem, written in a dignified formal style on some lofty or serious subject

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Sonnet

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A fourteen line poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

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Shakespeare/ English sonnet

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Consists is three quatrains and a couplet. The most common rhyme scheme being: abab cdcd efef gg

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Petrarchan/ Italian sonnet

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Consists of an octave and sestet with the rhyme scheme being: abbaabba cdecde

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Spenserian sonnet

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Consists of three quatrains and a couplet but it uses a rhyme scheme that links the quatrains: abab bcbc cdcd ee

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Spiritual

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A folk song usually on a religious theme

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