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alliteration
recurrence of initial constant sound for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry
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consonance
when the same consonant sound occurs within words in a sentence or line or poetry
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assonance
deliberate repetition of vowel sounds for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry
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1st person
using personal experience to tell as story
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2nd person
addressing a group as a whole, and when giving commands or directions
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3rd person limited
the telling of a text from one perspective that is inclusive to that entity's personal feeling, only, unless others' emotions are personally experienced by this narrator
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3rd person omniscent
can read all minds and travel to any moment or place in the plot
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protagonist
character who mainly deals with the conflict
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antagonist
force causing the conflict
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situational irony
when the end of a text differs from what is expected
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dramatic irony
when the audience knows secrets other characters do not
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verbal irony
when what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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socratic irony
acting stupid on purpose to draw out information
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conflict
the force other characters contend with
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external conflict
outside force that acts upon characters
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internal conflict
emotional struggle within a character
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conflict types
- person vs. person
- person vs. self
- person vs. society
- person vs. nature
- person vs. technology
- person vs. machine
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metaphor
a direct comparsion not using "like" or "as"
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personification
giving non-human things human characteristics
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characterization
techniques to make characters come alive
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audience
intended recipients
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speaker
voice of the poem
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meter
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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tone
the way the author feels about the topic and the audience
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flashback
a break in the plot to go back in time to teach about important information
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syntax
structure of a sentence, also regarding figurative language, style and formal or informal language
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structure
the way information is organized in a text
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form
the way the text is displayed on the page
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theme
the lesson about life and human nature that the author wants the reader to learn
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mood
the way the words make the readers feel
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diction
word choice regarding the formality of language, figurative language and audience
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foreshadow
a hint to future events
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exposition
point or a text when the characters, setting, and conflict is introduced
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rising action
when conflict intensifies
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climax
when the conflict is confirned
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falling action
fixing the effects of the climaxing conflict
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resolution
how the text ends
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symbolism
when an object represents more than its dictionary definition
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dialogue
conversation between characters
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