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Metaphor

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When something is something or someone else

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Simile

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When something is like or as something

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Personification

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Giving a non- human human characteristics

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Onomatopoeia

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Using words to make noises
- boom
- ouch

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Lagos

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Appeal to audience by use of logical arguments which creates trust

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Pathos

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Use of emotive language to appeal to the readers emotions

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Ethos

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Conving audience of the authors or characters credibility

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Deux-en-machine

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An unexpected event that saves a hopeless situation

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Direct adress

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When a text talks directly to the reader by using personal pronouns such as: you, your

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration for effect

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Hypophora

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When a writter raises a question but directly answers it

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Imperative

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A word or a phrase to give a command or an order
- charge!
- raise the brigade!

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Jargon

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Special words that are used by professionals that are difficult for normal people to understand
- chimneying

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Repetition

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Repetition of a key word or phrase

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Rhetorical question

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When someone asks a question without expecting an answer

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Tricolon

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Series of 3 words, phrases or clauses

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Tripartite list

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3 consequtive ideas, words or phrases
- he was stupid, small, ugly

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Conjunction

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Joins together words, phrases or sentences

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Connective

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Connects and relates sentences and paragraphs

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Complex sentence

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1 simple sentence + 1 dependant clause

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Compound sentence

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2 simple sentences joined

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Minor sentence

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Without a complex subject or verb
- no

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Simple sentence

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1 subject and verb
- the cat sat on the bed

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Declerative sentence

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Statement
- next week is the start of our holiday

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Exclamative sentence

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Expresses emotion
- the holidays are amazing, i love them

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Imperative sentence

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Command
- we must go on holiday this year

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Interrogative sentence

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Question
- would you like to go on holiday?

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Dash

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-

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Ellipses

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…

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Colon

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:

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Semicolon

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;

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Parenthesis

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()

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Allegory

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A reference to a story, picture or a poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- bombs blasting

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Consonant

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b, c , d , f , g , h , j

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Vowel

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a , e , i , o , u

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Antagonist

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Opposite of protagonist
The opposition force that brings conflict
The bad guy

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Archaic

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Old fashioned language

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Anithesis

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A person or a thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
- it was the best time; it was the worst time.

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds
Same as alliteration but with vowels instead of consonants
- ominous operation

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Colloquial language

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Informal language

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Cylical structure

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A narrative that comes full circle

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows more than the characters in the text

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Dyphemism

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Making something sound more negative/ offensive
Opposite of euphemism

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Euphemism

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Making something sound less negative/ offensive
Opposite of dysphemism

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Epistolary

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A form of narrative where the story is told through a series of letters

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Foreshadowing

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A warning or indication of future event

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Frammed narrative

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A story within a story

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Hamartia

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A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

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Hubris

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An arrogant character who has usually recently gained power
Often a trait of a protagonist and is a major flaw

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive language

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Irony

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When words are used to imply the opposite of what they mean

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Juxtaposition

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When opposing words, ideas or themes are presented in the same text to show contrast

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Litotes

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Understatement or under exaggeration
Opposite of hyperbole

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Motif

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A reoccurring symbol

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Oxymoron

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A phrase which contradicts itself or presents 2 direct opposites side by side
- loving hate

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Pathetic fallacy

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The use of the weather to indicate a particular mood

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Protagonist

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The leading character in a text
The main character

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Semantic field

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A group of words linked together by a common field

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Setting

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The time and place in which the narrative takes place

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Sibilance

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The repetition of “s” sound in 2 or more words
Alliteration with s
- slithering snakes

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