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Adverbs

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Tell when, where, how, or to what extent

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Adjectives

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Modify nouns and pronouns

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Affable

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Friendly

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Agile

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Able to move quickly and easily

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Allusion

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A reference to something famous outside the story

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Assertion

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A statement

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Cadence

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Rhythmic flow

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Conjunction

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Connects words, phrases, and clauses

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Cascade

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Waterfall

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Amenities

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Conveniences

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Conflict

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The struggle against opposing forces; ex. External: man vs. man, man vs. nature, internal: man vs. himself

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Chronicle

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A record of events

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Connotation

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Feeling of word

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Denotation

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Definition

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Condone

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To forgive or overlook

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Coveted

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Longed for

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Dramatic irony

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The audience knows something a character in the story or movie doesn’t

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Flashback

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Occurs when the story “flashes back” to an earlier event

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Interjections

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Expresses emotion

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Foreshadow

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Hints or clues about events to come

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Cultivated

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Educated; sophisticated

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Discreet

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Prudently silent

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Depreciate

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To decrease in value

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Inaudibly

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Impossible to hear

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Increment

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Slight growth or increase

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Noun

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Person, place, thing, or idea

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Inept

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Incompetent-incapable

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Metaphor

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An implied comparison ( the moon IS a yellow ball)

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Inexplicable

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Unexplainable

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Pronoun

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Takes place of noun

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Personification

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Giving a non-human thing human characteristics (the flowers danced and swayed)

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Point of view

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The view point used within the story; 1st person, 3rd person (omniscient or limited)

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Optimal

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Most favorable; best

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Imperative

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Of vital importance

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Futile

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Pointless

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Plot

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The chain of events in a story- exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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Simile

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A comparison using like or as ( the moon is LIKE a yellow ball)

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Situational irony

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The situation is different from what you would expect

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Verb

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Expresses action or state of being

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Indolently

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Lazily

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Nimble

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Quick

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Setting

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The time, place, and situation of a story

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Instigate

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To stir up

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Verbal irony

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When you say one thing, but it means something else, often involves sarcasm

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Theme

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The moral lesson taught within the story

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Trepidation

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Nervous fear

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Naive

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Trusting

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Unequivocal

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Clear, unrivaled

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Ransacking

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Searching vigorously

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Scrutiny

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Careful examination

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Singed

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Scorched

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Quarry

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Prey

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Scruples

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Conscience

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Solicitously

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Showing care or concern

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Tangible

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Capable of being touched or felt

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Uncanny

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Mysterious, hard to believe

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Zealous

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Strong interest or devotion

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