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archetype

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original model from which something is developed

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foil

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character that saves as an opposite from another to accent the main character’s goodness

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flat

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not developed character

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round

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character with level of complexity like a real person

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stock

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stereotypical character

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diction

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word choice

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connotation

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feeling or mood the word gives

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dialect

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regional variety of a language

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dialogue

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character’s voice

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denotation

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dictionary definition of a word

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euphemism

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use of word that is less distasteful

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idiom

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expression of a given language that is particular to a specific group of people

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sight

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visual

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sound

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auditory

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touch

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tactile

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taste

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papillary

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smell

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olfactory

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mood

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tone or feeling created in a reader

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plot

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arrangements of events in a story

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flashback

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reference to past event

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21
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framed narrative

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happens in a real setting-historical

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foreshadowing

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preview of an event to come

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spatial

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organization of info using spacial cues such as top to bottom left right

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chronological

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time order-events of order in the time they occur

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third person objective

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like looking through a keyhole only see whats happening as it occurs

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historical setting

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era time period-culture society customs

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geographical setting

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where in the world

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physical setting

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“in a classroom”

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style

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way a literary work is written/devices author uses to express thought

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theme

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moral or idea a story revolves around

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tone

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diction, imagery, detail, P.O.V., syntax, tone shifts, multiple tones

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antithesis

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opposite ideas in parallel structure

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juxtaposition

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combining 2 contrasting ideas in a sentence

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ellipsis

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using … to omit phrases or words

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parallelism

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similarity in parts of a sentence

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chiasmus

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rhetoical inversion of the second of two parallel structures

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antimetabole

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arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the second

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apostrophe

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addresses or talks about someone not really there

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synecdoche

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part of something signifies the whole

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metonymy

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where a label is applied to another (crown for royalty)

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allusion

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referring back to another piece of literature

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Poet

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Author of the poem

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Poetry

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Type of literature expresses ideas and feelings or tells story in specific form

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Speaker

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Narrator or voice of poem

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Form

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Appearance of words on page

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Rhythm

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Beat created by sounds of words in poem can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration, and refrain

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Rhyme

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Words sound alike-share ending vowel and consonant sounds

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End rhyme

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Word at end of one line rhymes with word at end of another line

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Internal rhyme

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Word inside line rhymes with another word on same line

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Near rhyme

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Aka imperfect or close rhyme-share either same vowel or consonant but not both

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Rhyme scheme

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Pattern of rhyme(usually end rhyme)

Uses letters to represent sounds to virtually see the pattern

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Onomatopoeia

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Imitates sound they’re naming

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Consonance

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Repeated consonant sounds anywhere in words

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Assonance

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repeated vowel sounds in line of lines often creating near rhyme

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Refrain

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Sound word phrase or line repeated regularly in poem

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Lyric

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Short poem usually first person expresses emotion or describes scene

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Cinquain

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5 line poem with 22 syllables

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Shakespearean sonnet

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14 line poem with specific rhyme scheme(abab cdcd efef gg)

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Free verse poetry

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No repeating pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables
No rhyme
More conversational
Modern

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Narrative poem

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Tells story longer than lyric has to establish characters and plot

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Epic poetry

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Book written in poet form

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Concrete poem

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Words are arranged to creat picture that related to concept of poem

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Extended metaphor

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Goes on for several lines or possibly entire work

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Implied metaphor

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comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis

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Personification

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Inanimate object has human qualities

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Symbolism

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Thing that has literal and figurative meaning

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to senses

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litotes

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understatement

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alliteration

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repetition of initial consonant sound

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meter

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rhyme scheme

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irony

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when the outcome is different than expected-situational, dramatic, verbal, sarcasm

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motif

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reoccurring idea or object in a story

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