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Dialect

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Variety of language any vocab spelling and pronunciation usually by geography

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Accent

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Words pronounced by geography

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Analyze

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Break down to identify an study parts

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Climax

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Exciting/ turning point in story

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Conclusion

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A judgement based on info OR a summary

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Dramatic irony

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When understood by audience but not characters

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External conflict

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A character struggled against an outside force ( character society natural force)

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Figurative language

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Cant be taken literally - made to create a special meaning or feeling

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Foreshadow

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Builds suspense by a narrator hunting about future

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Imagery

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Description that’s appeals to the senses

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Internal conflict

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A struggle between a character ( needs emotions desires)

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Irony

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A contrast between expectation an reality

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Metaphor

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A comparison NOT using like or as

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Mood

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An atmosphere a reader gets

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Rhyme scheme

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Pattern of end rhymes in a poem

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Simile

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A comparison using like or as

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Stanza

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Division of a poem referred to as “paragraph of poetry”

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Suspense

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Excitement or anxion for what may happen

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Theme

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Central idea

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Tone

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Attitude of a writer