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Allegory

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This is a story with two or more levels of meaning--a literal level and a symbolic level--in which events, setting, and characters are symbols for ideas or qualities.

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Alliteration

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This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

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Allusion

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This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.

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Analogy

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This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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Analyze

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This is to separate a whole into its parts.

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Antagonist

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This is the person or force that creates conflict for the main character in a literary work.

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Aside

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This is a short speech delivered by an actor in a play which expresses the actor's thoughts. It is usually directed to the audience and not heard by other actors.

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Assonance

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This is the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.

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Ballad

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This is a rhymed, songlike poem that tells a story , often dealing with adventure or romance.

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Blank Verse

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This is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

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Character

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This is an individual's mental or moral quality.

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Characterization

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This is the combination of ways that an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like.

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Characters

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These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.

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Climax

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This is the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak.

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Compare

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This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR.

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Compare And Contrast

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This is a method of relating two or more objects in a piece of work.

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Conclusion

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This wraps up a piece of writing and reminds readers of the thesis.

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Consonance

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This is the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables that are preceded by different vowel sounds.

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Context

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This is the framework of meaning which surrounds a specific word, sentence, idea, or passage.

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Cultural Elements

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This includes language, ideologies, beliefs, values, and norms. These elements help to shape the life of a society.

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Denouement

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This is part of the plot and is made up of any events that occur after the resolution in a literary work.

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Dialogue

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These are the words spoken by characters in a literary work.

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Direct Characterization

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This is when an author reveals a person in the story characterization by giving specific descriptions.

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Drama

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This is a story written to be performed by actors.

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Dramatic Irony

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This is when the audience or the readers know something that the characters do not know.

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Dramatic Poem

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This is a poem that makes use of the techniques of drama. The speaker is clearly someone other than the poet. More than one character may speak.

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Dynamic Character

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This is a person in a fictional work that changes during the course of the action.

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End Rhyme

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This is the repetition of similar sounds that comes at the ends of lines of poetry.

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Epic Poem

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This type of poem is very long and usually relates the adventures of a legendary character or a national history. It is often passed down orally before being written.

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Evaluate

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This is placing a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking.

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Exposition

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This is the part of the plot that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation.

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Extended Metaphor

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This is a sustained comparison in which a subject is written or spoken of as if it were something else.

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Falling Action

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This is the part of the plot where the conflict begins to be worked out and tensions lessen.

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Figurative Language

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This goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create special effects or feelings.

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First Person

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This is a point of view where the narrator is a character in the story and refers to him or herself with I.

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First-person Point Of View

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This is a point of view in which the story is told by one of the characters.

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Flashback

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This is a scene, a conversation, or an event that interrupts the present action to show something that happened in the past.

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Flat Character

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This is a person in a fictional work that is never fully developed by the author.

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Foreshadowing

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This is the use of hints in written works about what will happen later.

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Form

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This is the structure into which a piece of literature, such as a poem, is organized.

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Free Verse

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This is poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.

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Genre

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This is the category or type of literature.

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Historical Context

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The setting and circumstances in which a literary work is written or an event occurs.

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Hyperbole

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This is extreme exaggeration used in a literary work.

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Idiom

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This is a phrase in common use that can not be understood by literal or ordinary meanings.

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Imagery

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This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.

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Imagery

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This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, a place, or an event.

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Implied Meaning

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This is a suggested, but not stated, definition.

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Indirect Characterization

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This is when an author reveals a person in the story characterization through his/her words, thoughts, appearance, action, or what others think or say about him/her.

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Internal Rhyme

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This occurs within a line of poetry when two words have similar ending sounds.

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Interpretation

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This is the explanation of the significance or meaning of a work.

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Introduction

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This is the beginning of a written work that explains what will be found in the main part.

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Irony

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This is the contrast between appearance and reality or what is expected and what actually happens.

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Limited Third Person

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This is a point of view where the narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one person.

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Limited View

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This is a point of view, in which the narrator is outside the story, reveals the thoughts of only one character, and yet refers to that characters as 'he' or 'she'.

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Literary Device

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A type of tool or strategy to enhance an author's style

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Literary Elements

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These are the components used together to create a fictional piece of writing.

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Literary Period

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Literary works are often grouped into these because they share a time span. This allows analysis for traits common to an identified time. These can include conventions, styles, themes, and philosophies. Examples include the Romantic period and the Renaissance.

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Lyric Poem

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This is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker.

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Metaphor

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This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.

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Meter

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This is the rhythm or regular sound pattern in a piece of poetry.

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Monologue

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This is a long, uninterrupted speech by a character in a play, story, or poem.

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Mood

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This is the feeling that an author wants readers to have while reading.

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Motif

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This is a repeated idea, theme, image, word, object, phrase or action in a literary work.

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Myth

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This is a traditional tale about gods, goddesses, heroes, and other characters.

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Mythology

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This is a body or collection of tales belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes. It explains the actions of gods and goddesses or the cause of natural phenomena and includes supernatural elements.

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Narrative Poem

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This tells a story in verse.

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Narrator

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This is the teller of the story.

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Omniscient

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This is a point of view; the narrator KNOWS EVERYTHING about the characters and events, and describes the characters and action from outside the story.

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Omniscient "Third Person __________"

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is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and knows everything about the characters and events.

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Omniscient Third Person

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This is a point of view where the narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of each character.

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Onomatopoeia

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This is the use of words that sound like the noises they describe.

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Oxymoron

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This is something which seemingly cannot be, yet it is; a contradiction.

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Paradox

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This is a statement that leads to a contradictory situation in which something seems both true and false.

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Parallelism

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This is a persuasive technique in which an author creates a BALANCED sentence by re-using the same word structure.

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Paraphrase

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This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.

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Parody

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This is a humorous imitation of a literary work that exaggerates or distorts the characteristic features of the original.

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Personification

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This is a type of figurative language in which human qualities are given to nonhuman things.

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Plot

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This is the series of events that happen in a literary work.

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Poem

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This is an arrangement of words in verse. It sometimes rhymes, and expresses facts, emotions, or ideas in a style more concentrated, imaginative and powerful than that of ordinary speech.

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Poetry

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This is the third major type of literature in addition to drama and prose.

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Point Of View

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This is the perspective from which a story is told.

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Prediction

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This is the act of forecasting something that may (or may not) occur later.

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Problem-Solution

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This method of structuring text focuses on defining an issue, then gives a possible remedy for the issue.

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Protagonist

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This is the main character in a literary work.

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Pun

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This is a humorous word play that usually is based on several meanings of one word.

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Repetition

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This is a stylistic device where the writer repeats the same word, or phrase for the purpose of emphasis.

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Repetition

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This is a persuasive technique in which a word, phrase, or entire sentence is repeated to reinforce the speaker's message.

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Resolution

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This is the part of the plot where the conflict is ended.

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Rhyme

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This is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words.

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Rhyme Scheme

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This is the regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems.

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Rhythm

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This is the musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Rising Action

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This is the part of the plot where the conflict and suspense build.

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Round Character

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This is a person in a fictional work that is well-developed by the author.

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Satire

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This is writing that uses humor to ridicule or criticize individuals, ideas, or institutions in hopes of improving them.

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Sensory Details

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These are images help the reader see or hear or feel things. These are details that appeal to the senses.

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Sequence

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This is the order in which things happen.

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Sequential Order

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This is the chronological, or time, order of events in a reading passage.

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Setting

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This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.

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Simile

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This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as".

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Situational Irony

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This is when something happens that is the opposite of what was expected.

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Slant Rhyme

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This is the use of words with similar or inexact end sounds to create rhyme.

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Soliloquy

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This is a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character who is alone on the stage.

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Sonnet

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This is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.

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Sound Devices

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These are the sounds of words that poets use to enrich their poetry.

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Stage Directions

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This is information written in the script of a play to tell actors where to go or how to speak their lines.

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Stanza

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This is a group of related lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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Static Character

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This is a person in a fictional work that does not change during the course of the action.

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Structure

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This refers to a writer's arrangement or overall design of a literary work. It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.

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Style

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This is the way an author expresses ideas through the use of kinds of words, literary devices, and sentence structure.

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Stylistic Device

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This is a device that not only helps establish an author's style but also gives power and effect to the language.

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Subplot

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This is a secondary plot in a work of literature that either explains or helps to develop the main plot.

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Summarize

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This is to state briefly.

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Symbol

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This is a person, place, thing, or event that represents something more than itself in a literary work.

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Symbolism

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This is the use of objects or ideas that represent something other than themselves.

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Text

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This is the main body of a piece of writing or any of the various forms in which writing exists, such as a book, a poem, an article, or a short story.

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Theme

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This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.

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Third Person

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This is a point of view where the author uses pronouns like he and she in telling a story.

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Third Person Limited Point Of View

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This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, who is referred to as "he" or "she."

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Tone

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This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

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Understatement

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This is used by a writer to show restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect.

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Universal Theme

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This is the central message of a story, poem, novel, or play that many readers can apply to their own experiences, or to those of all people.

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Verbal Irony

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This is when someone says the opposite of what he or she really means.

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Vivid Language

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This is the use of words in a work that paints a mental picture for the reader.

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Word Choice

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This is another way of saying "diction." This can help reveal a) the tone of the work, b) connotations of meaning, and/or c) his style of writing

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