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allegory-
a story in which characters,events,and places represent something in real life
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alliteration-
repetition of same sound at beginning of a word
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allusion-
brief reference to a person,event,place,or phrase.writer assumes will recognize the reference
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ambiguity-
statement,which has 2 or more possible meanings.or.statement whose meaning is unclear
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analogy-
similarity between like features of 2 things on which a comparison may be based
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anaphora-
repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases,clauses or lines
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anecdote-
little story used to explain an idea
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antagonist-
character that goes against the main character and tries to stop him/her from achieving their goal
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aside-
device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech only heard by the audience not the other characters
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assonance-
repetition of vowel sounds
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audience-
person reading or viewing the story/writing
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autobiography-
story of that persons life
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ballad-
- short narrative poem written to be sung with simple dramatic action.
- tells love death and supernatural or combanation of those
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biography-
sroty of another persons life
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blank verse-
unrhymed poem written in iamaib pentameter
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cacophony/euphony-
- cacophony:unpleasent combination of sounds.
- euphony:opposite,pleasent combination of sounds.
- these effect can be used intentionally to create an effect or they may appear unintentionally
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characterzation-
author presents characters
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chronological order-
time order
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climax-
turning point in the story,determines the outcome of the confict
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comedy-
story with happy ending
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compare-
tell simularities
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consonance-
repeats constants sounds,not vowels
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conflict-
when some person or force in play opposes protagonist
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conflict types-
external,internal
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connotation-
emotional response suggestes by a word
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couplet-
stanza of 2 lines,rhyming
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denotation-
dictionary definition of a word
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descriptive paragraph-
writing that looks like,sounds like,smells like,feels like,with many details
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dialect-
variation of language by one group in one place
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diction-
authors choice of words
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dramatic monologue-
occurrence of a single speaker speaking ot a silent audience
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drama-
play/story written to be acted out in front of audience
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dramatic irony-
words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than for the characters.reader has greater knowledge then characters
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essay-
writting attempting to review things from personal point of view
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euphemism-
mild word or phrase,subsituting for another,would be undesirable because it too direct,unpleasent,or offensive
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exposition-
drama, presentation of essentail info regarding what has occured prior to the beginning of the play
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external conflict-
struggle exists outside of the body
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fable-
brief tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson.often characters are animals
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falling action-
series of events that take place after the climax
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fiction-
prose narrative based on imagination,usually the novel or short story
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figurative language-
words meaning more than individual meanings
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figure of speech-
states something that is not literally true in order to create an effect
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first person point of view-
the point of view were a character who is in the story is telling the story
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flashback-
reference to an event that took place prior to the story/play
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foil-
character opposite in personality to another character who is in the story,ususally same sex and age
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foreboding-
hints that something bad will happen
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foot-
unit of measurement in line of poetry
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foreshadowing-
used to build suspence by provinding hints of what to come
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free verse-
unrhymed poetry wiht lines of varying lengths,containing no specific metrical pattern
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genre-
literary species or form...tragedy,epic, comedy,novel,essay,biography,lyric poem
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iamb-
metrical pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
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imagery-
word/group of words in literary work,which appeal to one or more of the senses:sight,taste,touch,hearing,smell
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