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1
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The correspondence of sounds

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Rhyme

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2
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The regular recurrence of sounds

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Rhythm

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3
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Using words that sound like what they mean

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Onomatopoeia

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4
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The repetition of vowel sounds

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Assonance

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5
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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6
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The repetition of final consonant sounds

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Consonance

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7
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No metrical pattern

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Free verse

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8
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Purposely misspelling words for a humorous effect

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Cacography

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Imitation of regional language, the words and pronunciation which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people

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Dialect

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10
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An imaginative prose narrative written to give the reader entertainment and insight

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Short story

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What happens in the story

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Plot

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12
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Who makes the plot happen

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Characters

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13
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What the plot means

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Theme

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14
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The time place and general background

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Setting

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15
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The attitude or emotion of the author or narrator toward his subject or audience

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Tone\mood

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16
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The various elements that make up a short story give it this aspect

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Unity

17
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The method of presenting the reader with the materials of the story, the perspective from which it is told

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Point of view

18
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And all knowing author is the narrator who comments freely on the actions and characters as he’s able to delve into the minds of all the characters

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Omniscient point of view

19
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The author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character

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Limited point of view

20
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The author presents the characters in action with no comment

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Objective point of view

21
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Saying the opposite of what is meant

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Verbal irony

22
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Contrasting what a character says and what reader or audience knows to be true

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Dramatic irony

23
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Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality between expectation and fulfillment

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Irony of situation

24
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The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it, or for a humorous effect

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Satire

25
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The recurrence of Motion or sound

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Rhythm

26
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When rhythm occurs at regular intervals

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Meter

27
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A pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables is called—

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Foot

28
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

29
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U ‘

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Iamb

30
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’ U

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Trochee

31
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U U ‘

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Anapest

32
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’ U U

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Dactyl

33
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’ ‘

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Spondee

34
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’

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Monosyllabic foot

35
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A reference to mythology, history, or literary work

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Allusion

36
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A strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor

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Conceit

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