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Analogy

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A comparison of two or more similar objects suggesting that if they are alike in certain aspects that they will probably be alike in other ways as well

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A comparison of two or more similar objects suggesting that if they are alike in certain aspects,they will probably be like in other ways as well

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Analogy

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Antagonist

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The person or thing working against the protagonist or hero of the work

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The person or thing working against the protagonist or hero of the work

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Antagonist

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Characterization

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(The process) the method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities the way we get to learn about the character they could tell us or show through actions or what other character say about them

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A short piece of writing that reveals or shows something important about a person of fictional character

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Character sketch

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The process) The method and author uses to reveal characters and their personalities the way we get to learn about a character- they could tell us or show through actions or what others say about them

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Characterization

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Climax

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Usually the most intense point in the story a series of struggles and conflicts build a story or play toward the climax

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Comedy

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Literature in which human errors or problems appear funny comedies end on a happy note

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Conflict

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The problem/struggle in a story that triggers the action they are five types of conflicts

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Man versus man

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One character in the story has a problem with one or more other characters

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Man versus self

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A character has a problem dealing with deciding what to do in a certain situation

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Man versus nature

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Character has a problem with nature example heat cold tornado or any other elements of nature

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Man versus supernatural

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Character must battle what seems to be an uncontrollable problem

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Man versus society

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A character has a problem with some element of society for example school or the law

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Literature in which human errors or problems appear funny.

Comedies end on a happy note

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COMEDY

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Usually the most intense point in a story a series of struggles/conflicts build a story or play toward this

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CLIMAX

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The problem/struggle in a story that triggers the action

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CONFLICT

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When one character in a story has a problem with one or more other characters

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Man vs. man

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A Character has a problem with nature or any other element of nature

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Man vs. nature

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A character has a problem deciding what to do in a certain situation

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Man vs. self

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When a character must battle what seems to be an uncontrollable problem

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MAN VS. SUPERNATURAL

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When a character has a problem w/ some element of society

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man VS SOCIETY

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caricature

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A picture or animation of persons features or mannerisms exaggerated in a comedic or absurd way

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Denouement

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The final resolution or outcome of a play or story

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A picture or animation of a person’s features or mannerisms exaggerated in a comedic way

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Caricature

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The final resolution or outcome of a play or story

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Denouement

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The conversation carried on by the characters in a literary work

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Dialogue

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The form of literature known as plays, but also refers to the type of serious play that is often concerned with the leading characters relationship to society

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Drama llama

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Dramatic monologue

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Literary work or part of a literary work in which a character is speaking about him or herself as if another person were present the words of the speaker reveal something important about his character

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Drama

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The form of literature known as plays, but also refers to the type of serious play that is often concerned with the leading characters relationship to society

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Literary work or part of a literary work in which a character is speaking about him or herself as if another person were present the words of the speaker reveal something important about his character

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Dramatic monologue

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A long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a hero

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Epic

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Epic

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A long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a hero

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A sudden perception (moment of understanding) that causes the character to change/act in a certain way

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Epiphany

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Epiphany

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A sudden perception (moment of understanding) that causes the character to change/act in a certain way

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Piece of prose that expresses an individual’s point of view usually it’s a series of closely related paragraphs that combined to make a complete piece of writing

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Essay

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Essay

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Piece of prose that expresses an individual’s point of view usually it’s a series of closely related paragraphs that combined to make a complete piece of writing

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Overstating or stretching the truth for special effect

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Exaggeration

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Writing that is intended to explain something that might otherwise be difficult to understand and a player novel it would be the point that gives background on the situation surrounding the story

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Exposition

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Exposition

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Writing that is intended to explain something that might otherwise be difficult to understand and a player novel it would be the point that gives background on the situation surrounding the story

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A short fictional narrative that teachers a lesson usually includes animals that talk and act like people

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Fable

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The part of the play/story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax

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Falling action

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Falling action

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The part of the play/story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax

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Literature based on a humorous and improbable plot

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farce

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Farce

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Literature based in a humorous and improbable plot

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Narrative

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Tells a story

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Tells a story

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Narrative

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Language used to create a special effect or feeling

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figurative language

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Figurative language

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Language used to create a special effect or feeling

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A literary device used to create a special effect or feeling By making some type
Of interesting or creative comparison

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Figure of speech

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Figure of speech

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A literary device used to create a special effect or feeling By making some type
Of interesting or creative comparison

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An opposition or contrast of ideas

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Antithesis

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An exaggeration or overstatement

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Hyperbole

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Antithesis

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An opposition or contrast of ideas

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Comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used

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Metaphor

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Metaphor

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Comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used

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The substituting of one word for another related word

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Metonymy

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using words like or as

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Metonymy

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The substituting of one word for another related word

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A comparison of two unlike things using words like or as

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Simile

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A literary device in which the author speaks or describes an animal object or idea as if it were a person

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Personification

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A way of emphasizing an idea by taking about it in a restrained manner

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Understatement

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Returning to an earlier time in the story for the purpose of making something in the present more clear

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Flashback

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Someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character

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Foil

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Flashback

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Returning to an earlier time in the story for the purpose of making something in the present more clear

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Foil

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Someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character

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Giving hints or clues to what is to come later in a story

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Foreshadowing

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Foreshadowing

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Giving hints or clues to what is to come later in a story

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A category or type of literature based on its style form and content

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Genre

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Derived from the Greek word “hybris” that means excessive pride. In Greek tragedy it is often viewed as the flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero

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Hubris

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The use of words to create a certain picture in the readers mind, is usually based on sensory details

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Imagery

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Genre

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A category or type of literature based on its style form and content

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Hubris

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In Greek tragedy hubris is often viewed as the flaw that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero
Derived from the Greek word “hybris” meaning “excessive pride”

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