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Apostrophe

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Addressing an abstraction or something that cannot talk back

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Example of Apostrophe

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John Donne commands, "Oh, Death, be not proud."

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Antagonist

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a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way. It doesn't necessarily have to be a person. It could be death, the devil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living "happily ever after."

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Example of Antagonist

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Macduff in Macbeth Laertes and Claudius of Hamlet Iago is Othello's in Othello. Also, it does not have to be another person. In Jack London's story "To Build a Fire," it is the bitterly cold weather.

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Antithesis

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can be used to describe a character who presents the exact opposite as to personality type or moral outlook to another character in a particular piece of literature

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Examples of Antithesis

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Dumbledore and Voldemort in Harry Potter, Théoden and Denethor in The Lord of the Rings, and Aslan and the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia. This does not mean however, that they are necessarily in conflict with each other.

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Anastrophe

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Inverted order of words or events as a rhetorical scheme. It is specifically a type of hyperbaton in which the adjective appears after the noun when we expect to find the adjective before the noun.

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Examples of Anastrophe

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Lewis Carroll uses anastrophe in "Jabberwocky," where we hear, "Long time the manxome foe he sought. / So rested he by the Tumtum tree . . . ." T. S. Eliot writes of "Time present and time past,"

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Aphorism

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a brief, pithy, usually concise statement or observation of a doctrine, principle, truth, or sentiment.

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Example of Aphorism

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Benjamin Franklin's: Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise

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Anticlimax

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a figure of speech that consists of the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous one.

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Example of Anticlimax

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Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock uses it liberally; "Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea."

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Apocalyptic

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Connected with revelation- The term is also used to describe literature that provides a prophecy or revelation. In contemporary usage, this refers to any literary selection that reveals and predicts the future. Usually, the term is used to refer to the coming of the end of the world and the expected final battle between good and evil.

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Example of Apocalyptic

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It is used as the title of the last book in The New Testament of the Bible: The Apocalypse or the Revelation of St. John the Divine. Also - The final two books of Paradise Lost , when the archangel Michael shows Adam how human history will climax in the final judgment of God.

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Archetype

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An original model or pattern from which other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life. It often includes a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that some critics think have a common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race

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One Example of Archetype

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Colors: Green as a symbol for life, vegetation, or summer; blue as a symbol for water or tranquility; white or black as a symbol of purity; or red as a symbol of blood, fire, or passion) and so on.

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Blank Verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter or ten syllable lines with the even-numbered syllables bearing the accents.

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Authors who used blank verse

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It was used in the Nineteenth Century by many English romantic poets—Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats— Later yet, the English poets, Robert Browning and Lord Tennyson, and the American poets, Robinson and Frost, employed it for less lofty themes, leading its use to become more colloquial in tone.

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Burlesque

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Literary work, film, or stage production that mocks a person, a place, a thing, or an idea by using wit, irony, hyperbole, sarcasm, and/or understatement. It may turn a supposedly distinguished person into a buffoon or a supposedly lofty subject into a trivial one.-exaggeration, often to the point of the absurd.

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Literary Example of Burlesque

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Cervantes used it in Don Quixote to poke fun at chivalry and other outdated romantic ideals

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Caricture

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A form of Burlesque- Literary work that exaggerates the physical features, dress, or mannerisms of an individual or derides the ideas and actions of an organization, institution, movement, etc

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Caesura

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Pause in a line of verse shown in scansion by two vertical lines //.

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Example of Caesura

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From An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope Know then thyself //, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind // is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great

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Catastrophe

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In literature, the final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play, especially in a tragedy. It is a synonym of denouement.

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Catharsis

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Meaning "purging," It describes the release of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy.

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Conceit

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In literature, fanciful or unusual image in which apparently dissimilar things are shown to have a relationship.

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Example of Conceit

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John Donne's comparison of two souls with two bullets in "The Dissolution"

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Cliche

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A phrase that is used excessively and has become a bit meaningless and even irritating.

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Example of Cliche

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Always look on the bright side of life What goes around comes around

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Connotation

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The extra tinge or taint of meaning each word carries beyond the minimal, strict definition found in a dictionary.

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry.

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Example of Consonance

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Linger longer and glisten in the sun where the "n" sound appears in almost every word.

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Closet Drama

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a drama suited primarily for reading rather than production

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Examples of Closet Drama

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John Milton's Samson Agonistes (1671) and Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts (three parts, 1903-08)

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Couplet

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A stanza of only two lines which usually rhyme. Shakespearean (also called Elizabethan and English) sonnets usually end with one. It is a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought.

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Denotation

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The minimal, strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary, disregarding any historical or emotional connotation

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Denouement

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the outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot. It is the unraveling of the main dramatic complications in a play, novel or other work of literature.

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Diction

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Word choice. The analysis of it reveals how a passage establishes tone and characterization. It also has an impact upon word choice and syntax.

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Discourse

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The term denotes language in actual use within its social and ideological contexts and in institutionalized representations of the world called discursive practices.

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Ephiphany

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the sudden flare into revelation of an ordinary object or scene. In particular, it is a revelation of such power and insight that it alters the entire world-view of the thinker who experiences it.

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Example of Epiphany

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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night takes place on the Feast of the ......, and the theme of revelation is prevalent in the work.

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Epilogue

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A conclusion added to a literary work such as a novel, play, or long poem. . Often, it refers to the moral of a fable. Sometimes, it is a speech made by one of the actors at the end of a play asking for the indulgence of the critics and the audience

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Example of Epilogue

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One of the most famous is in Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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Exposition

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The use of authorial discussion to explain or summarize background material rather than revealing this information through gradual narrative detail.

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Example of Exposition

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"Susan was angry when she left the house and climbed into her car outside." That sentence is telling the reader about Susan, i.e., using this technique. In contrast, the writer might change this to the following version. "Red-faced with nostrils flaring, Susan slammed the door and stomped over to her car outside." Now, the writer is showing Susan's anger, rather than telling the audience she's angry.

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Figure of Speech

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where a word or words are used to create an effect, often where they do not have their original or literal meaning.

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Example: Figure of Speech

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A metaphor or a simile are two of the most common forms used.

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Free Verse

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unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern

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Foreshadwoing

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Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative. It often provides hints about what will happen next.

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Grotesque

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a fundamentally ambivalent thing, as a clash of opposites, and hense, in some forms at least, as an approximate expression of the problematic nature of existence. It is no accident that the it tends to be prevalent in societies and eras marked by strife, radical changes or disorientation.

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Hyperbole

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the trope of exaggeration or overstatement.

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Example of Hyperbole

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I am starving! I gave it 110% ever day. She took an eternity getting ready for the party.

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Inversion

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Another term for anastrophe. (Words that are written out of order)

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Memoir

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An autobiographical sketch--especially one that focuses less on the author's personal life or psychological development and more on the notable people and events the author has encountered or witnessed. It contrasts with a diary or journal, i.e., and is not an informal daily record of events in a person's life, it is not necessarily written for personal pleasure, and the author has in mind the ultimate goal of publication

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Example of memoir

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Examples include memoirs published by Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Meter

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A recognizable though varying pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress. Compositions written in meter are said to be in verse. There are many possible patterns of verse. Each unit of stress and unstressed syllables is called a "foot."

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Iamb

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a lightly stressed syllable followed by a heavily stressed syllable.

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Anapest

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two light syllables followed by a stressed syllable

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Trochee

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a stressed followed by a light syllable

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Dactyl

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a stressed syllable followed by two light syllables

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Metonymy

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Using a vaguely suggestive, physical object to embody a more general idea.

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Example of Metonomy

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The crown would certainly be displeased by the events. Washington is clueless. (Washington symbolizes government)

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Motif

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A conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, a reference, or verbal formula, which appears frequently in works of literature.

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Example of Motif

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An example: the "loathly lady" who turns out to be a beautiful princess is a common folklore, and the man fatally bewitched by a fairy lady is common in folklore, appearing in Keats' "La Belle Dame sans Merci."

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Metaphor

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Comparison of two things without using like or as or than

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Literary Examples of Metaphor

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Wordsworth uses one when he writes of England, "she is a fen of stagnant waters," which implies something about the state of political affairs in England as well as the island's biomes. Sometimes, it can be emotionally powerful, such as John Donne's use in "Twickenham Garden," where he writes, "And take my tears, which are love's wine" (line 20)

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Mock Herioc

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typically satires or parodies that ridicule common classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature that is good. Typically, it works to insert the heroic work by either putting a fool in the role of the hero or by exaggerating the heroic qualities to such a point that they become absurd

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Monolgue

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An interior _____ does not necessarily represent spoken words, but rather the internal or emotional thoughts or feelings of an individual, such as William Faulkner's in The Sound and The Fury. It can also be used to refer to a character speaking aloud to himself, or narrating an account to an audience with no other character on stage.

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Onomatoepoeia

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The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent for a rhetorical or artistic effect. For example, buzz, click, rattle, and grunt make sounds akin to the noise they represent. A higher level of one is sounds throughout a sentence to create an auditory effect. For instance, Tennyson writes in The Princess about "The moan of doves in immemorial elms, / And murmuring of innumerable bees." All the /m/ and /z/ sounds ultimately create that whispering, murmuring effect Tennyson describes.

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Oxymoron

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Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level. Simple or joking examples include such oxymora as jumbo shrimp, sophisticated rednecks, and military intelligence.

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Paradox

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(also called oxymoron): Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level. They commonly seem to reveal a deeper truth through their contradictions, such as noting that "without laws, we can have no freedom."

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Parallelism

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When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length. For instance, "King Alfred tried to make the law clear, precise, and equitable."

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Two Types of Parallelism

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If the writer uses two, the result is isocolon ______: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." If there are three structures, it is tricolon ______: "That government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth."

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to nonhuman or inanimate objects. The trees whispered to the pavement as the leaves danced across.

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Plot

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The structure and relationship of actions and events in a work of fiction. Many appear in chronolgical order but some narratives involve several short episodic _____ occurring one after the other (like chivalric romances), or they may involve multiple subplots taking place simultaneously with the main ____ (as in many of Shakespeare's plays).

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Quatrain

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Also sometimes used interchangeably with "stave," a ______ is a stanza of four lines, often rhyming in an ABAB pattern. Three quatrains form the main body of a Shakespearean or English sonnet along with a final couplet.

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Rhyme Royal

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A seven-line stanzaic form invented by Chaucer in the fourteenth century and later modified by Spenser and other Renaissance poets. The stanzas are written in iambic pentameter in a fixed rhyme scheme (ABABBCC).

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Example of Rhyme Royal

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Wordsworth's Resolution and Independence: There was roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and down in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright. The birds are singing in the distant woods; Over his own sweet voice the stockdove broods; The jay makes answer as the magpie chatters; And the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhyme. The traditional way to mark these patterns of rhyme is to assign a letter of the alphabet to each rhyming sound at the end of each line.

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Sarcasm

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Another term for verbal irony--the act of ostensibly saying one thing but meaning another

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Scansion

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The act of "scanning" a poem to determine its meter. You must break down each line into individual metrical feet and determine which syllables have heavy stress and which have lighter stress.

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Satire

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An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards.

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Example of Satire

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Alexander Pope's Moral Essays uses _____ to critique ethical and social standards.

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Soliloquy

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A monologue spoken by an actor at a point in the play when the character believes himself to be alone.

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Example of Soliloquy

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It was rare in Classical drama, but Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights used it extensively, especially for their villains. Well-known examples include speeches by the title characters of Macbeth, Richard III, and Hamlet and also Iago in Othello. (Contrast with an aside.) Unlike the aside, it is not usually indicated by specific stage directions.

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Sestet

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The last part of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, it consists of six lines that rhyme with a varying pattern. Common rhyme patterns include CDECDE or CDCCDC.

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Setting

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The general locale, historical time, and social circumstances in which the action of a fictional or dramatic work occurs

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Spenserian Sonnet

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Three four-line stanzas (interwoven by overlapping rhyme) and a couplet; it is rhymed abab bcbc cdcd ee. For example, see Edmund Spenser, "Sonnet 71" (1595; "One day I wrote her name upon the strand").

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Spenserian Stanza

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Eight lines of iambic pentameter and a ninth line of iambic hexameter, called an alexandrine, rhymed ababbcbbc. It can be seen in Edmund Spenser´s "The Faerie Queene" (1596); and John Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes" (1820).

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Stock Character

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widely known cultural types for their characteristics and mannerisms, and are often used in parody.

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Stream of Conciousness

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Writing in which a character's perceptions, thoughts, and memories are presented in an apparently random form, without regard for logical sequence, chronology, or syntax. The technique has been used by several authors and poets: Katherine Anne Porter, Dorothy Richardson, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Richardson, T. S. Eliot, and William Faulkner

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Symbol

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A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level

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Synecdoche

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A rhetorical trope involving a part of an object representing the whole, or the whole of an object representing a part.

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Example of synecdoche

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For instance, when a captain calls out, "All hands on deck," he wants the whole sailors, not just their hands. Hands is used to describe the work of the sailors.

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Zuegma

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Artfully using a single verb to refer to two different objects grammatically, or artfully using an adjective to refer to two separate nouns, even though the adjective would logically only be appropriate for one of the two.

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Example of Zuegma

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In Shakespeare's Henry V, Fluellen cries, "Kill the boys and the luggage." (The verb kill normally wouldn't be applied to luggage.)

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Example of Anastrophe

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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." (often attributed to Voltaire, the words are in fact Tallentyre's summary of Voltaire's attitude toward Helvetius after the burning of the latter's writings in 1759)

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a person, event, literature, etc. in a piece of writing

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Iambic Pentameter

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A type of meter with 5 sets of: one unstressed syllable then one stressed syllables u/ u/ u/ u/ u/

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Verb

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Words that show action

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Adjective

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Words that describe a noun

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Adverbs

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Words that modify verbs and usually end in -ly

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Preposition

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A word that connects a a noun, pronoun, or gerrund- A helpful way to remember one is it can be a word that describes any where a student can go inbetween classes.

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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Connects words, phrases, or clauses FANBOYS- For, Aslo, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So.

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Gerrund

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A verb used as a subject or object of a main verb; typically ends in -ing. Swimming is fun.

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Subject Verb Agreement

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Remember the verb must agree with the subject, not with the noun or pronoun in the phrase. Ex. One of the boxes is open. Use is for the subject "one" instead of are for the plural "boxes".

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Active Voice

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The subject performs the action expressed in the verb. The girl plays with her dolls.

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Passive Voice

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The subject recieves the action word expressed in the verb. The girl played with her dolls.

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Antecedent Agreement

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A pronoun must match the word it replaces- singular, plural. Ex. Every student must have his or her pencil in class. Use his or her, not their

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Infinitive

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The basic form of a verb Ex. To run, To jump, To drink

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Participle

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Different forms of a verb ending in -ed or -ing Talked, talking Danced, dancing

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Compound Sentence

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A sentence consisting of multiple clauses joined by a conjunction or punctuation.

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Complex Sentence

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A sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The dependent clause is introduced by a subordinate conjunction (Awwwuubbis) or a relative pronoun (who or which)

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Fragment

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Incomplete sentences; pieces of a sentence disconnected from the main clause.

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"A"and "an" Rule

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"A" goes before all words that begin with a constonants. (A cat, a dog, a book) with the exception of using "an" before unsounded "h" (An honorable man". "An" goes before all words that begin with vowels, except when "u" makes the same sound as y in you or the o makes the same sound as w in won- then use "a".

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"A" versus "An"

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This technique is based on the phonetics or sound quality of the first letter in a word not the orthographic (written) representation of the letter.

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Articles in Grammar

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Two types: Definite: The Indefinite: An/a

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6 Basic Types of Verb Tenses

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Simple Present: They walk Present Perfect: They have walked Simple Past: They walked Past Perfect. They had walked Future: They will walk Future Perfect: They will have walked

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"RAVEN"

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A mnemonic device that helps you remember when to use affect vs effect. Affect is a verb meaning to influence, effect is a noun meaning consquence. RAVEN- Remember Affect is a Verb and Effect is a Noun.

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I Before E Rule

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Use I before E except after C or when it sounds like A as in "weigh"

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Independent Clause

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A complete sentence

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Dependent Clause

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Does not contain subject and verb or complete a thought.

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Asyndeton

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writing style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. Ex. they use X,Y,Z instead of X,Y, and Z.

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Didactic

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writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach. Usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical standards.

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Dissonance

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Harsh or grating sounds that do not go together

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Epigraph

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Use of quotations at the begining of a work that hints at the theme

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Induction

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Process that moves from a given series fo specifics to a genralization

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Inference

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A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.

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Logial Fallacy

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A mistake in reasoning. Ex. Red Herring and Ad Homineum

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Parable

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Short tale that teaches a moral similar to but shorter than allegory

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Pedantic

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A term used to describe writing that borders on lectuary.

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Syntax

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Grammatical structure of a sentence

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Tone

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Emotion or attitude of an author towards characters, subjects, and audience

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Harlem Renaissance

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1920-1930: an African American cultral movement originating in Harlem NY The movement involved literature, music, art, and theater Paul Lawerence Dunbar, W.E.B. duBois, Claude McKay, Charles W. Chestnut, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes were very popular writers during this movement

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British Romantics

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Originated in late 18th century when poets wrote about nature and beauty They contrasted the beauty of naure to the harsh reality of the world and cities after the Industrial Revolution William Wordsworth, William Blake, Percy Bysshe Shelly, John Keats to name a few

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Metaphysical Poets

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Occured in the late 17th century and poets explained the nature of being and the world Topics included property, space, time, existence Andrew Marvell, John Donne, George Chapman, and George Herbert

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Transcendentalism

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Early to mid 19th century literary movement Protest against the general state of culture and society spirtual state only realized through individual's intuition rather than religous doctrine Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Peabody, and William Henry Channing

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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Divided into two parts. First 8 lines usually rhyme, final six may very.

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Shakespearean Sonnet

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Poetic Form that is 3 Quatrains and a couplet. Usually: abab, cdcd, efef, gg

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Haiku

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A Japenese Lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, five syllables traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

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Epic

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An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero. Ex. Homer's Iliad and odessy Paradise by John Milton "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Limerick

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A light humorous style of fixed poetry. A single five line stanza in anapestic meter with rhyme scheme : aabba

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Voice

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The characteristics of speech through patterns of a first person narrator or persona. It conveys the authors attitude, personality, and character

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homophones

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Words that are spelled differently but sound the same.

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Orthography

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The study of correct spelling, how letters are arranged, and the study of the relationship between sounds and letters

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Semantics

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Scientific study of the meaning of words: How people assign meaning to words.

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Syntax

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The grammatical structure in sentences

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Cognates

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Two words that have common origin- Night (English) Nacht (German and Dutch) Nicht (Scottish) and Noche (Spanish)

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Prewriting

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AKA- Invention. The creation and arrangement of ideas priro to writing. It can provide key words, menaing , and structure before you write your first draft. Ex. Free writing, journals, outlines, brainstorm

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Drafting

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Start getting your ideas on paper. Do not worry about how things are spelled or sound, just write! You should have adequate information of your topic.

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Revising

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Think about ways to imporve what you ahve written. Do not think about spelling and punctuation. Think about content, sentence structure, and word choice.

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Editing

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Look for changes to make in spelling, punctuation, grammar, captialization, and sent, structure.

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Publishing

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Final stage of writing. This will be your final copy- it can be artistically published or not.

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Peer Review Assesment

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Can foster students cognitive transition from newcomer to expert by providing metacognitive and elaboration opportunities.

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Portfolio Assesment

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Documenting progress toward higher order of goals: Student participation in selecting contents Criteria for selection Criteria for judgement Evidence of a students self-reflection

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Holistic Scoring

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Assigning overall performance score using a guide that describes relevant responses. The overall effectiveness of the examinee response.

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Rubrics

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an authentic assesment tool used to measure students work. It is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a students performance.

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Semantic Feature Analysis

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A type of analysis that links vocabulary to the main ideas of a contect area text. A set of concepts is listed doen on the left side and criteria/features are listed across the top. If the concept is associated with the fetaure, the student records +/- in the grid.

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Anticipation Guide

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Activities that will help readers anticipate "big ideas" that will be revealed by the writer. Often they are structured as a series of statements which students can choose to agree or disagree.

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Reciprocal Teaching

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An interactive method used to improve reading comprehension. Using this teaching strategy, teachers and students take turns leading discussions regarding sections of text using cognitive and meta-cognitive strategies. -Four strategies used: Summarizing, questioning, clarifying, predicting

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Background Building

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Increase potential for student success by building background knowledge before introducing new material. Before reading an assignment, determine and teach the vocabulary necessary for comprehension. Build connections to students lives through real-life applications, examples, and writing assignments.

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Cloze passages

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A reading comprehension exercise in which words have been ommited in a systematic fashion. Students fill in the blanks and thier responses are counted correct if they are exact matches. It exercises comprehension and background knowledge

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Concept Mapping

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A diagram showing the relationships among concepts. They are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge. They include concepts, usually enclosed circles or boxes- a show relationships with the linking graphics.

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Graphic Organizer

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A visual representation of concepts, knowledge, or information that can incorporate both text and pictures. They can help motivate, increase recall, assist understanding, create interest, combat boredom, and organize thoughts.

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Scaffolding

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The provision of sufficent supports to promote learning when concepts and skills are being first introduced to students. These supports are gradually removed as students develop autonomous learning strategies, thus promoting their own cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills . The support can be outlines, recommended documents, storyboards, or key questions.

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Synthesis

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A process which combines together two or more pre-existing elements resulting in the formation of something new.

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Fable

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A succinct story, in verses or prose, that features animals, plants, and inanimate objects or forces of nature that are personfied; these stories have a moral message

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Myth

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Derived from the GReek word that means "story"; a sacred story involving symbols that are usually capable of multiple meanings; typically have gods and godesses.

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Folk Tale

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Literary genre that explains abilities of humans and animals

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Etymologies

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The study of the history of words; how words change over time and across cultures; how and where words originate

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Morphological

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The study of the internal structure of words

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Phonological

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The systematic use of sound in creating and pronouncing words

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MLA

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A form of citation most used in liberal arts and humanities - cites the author and page number within the paper, and the publishing info in the works cited page

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APA

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A form of citation that is most commonly used with social sciences; include cover page and cites the date of publication

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Appeals to Authority

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Rhetorical argument in which the speaker either claims to be an expert or relies on information provided by experts

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Socratic

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A form of inquiry in which the questioner explores the implications of others' positions to simulate rational thinking and create ideas.

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Different Feet in Poems

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Monometer - One foot Dimeter- Two feet Trimeter- Three feet Tetrameter- Four feet Pentameter- Five feet Hexameter- Six feet Heptameter- Seven feet Octometer- Eight feet

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Villanelle

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19 Line poem divided into 5 tercets (tercet is 3 line stanza inwhich line ends with same rhyme) and a final quatrain

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Terza Rima

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Three line stanza aba, bcb, cdc, etc

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Enjambment

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Continuation line to line in poetry

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