Things that are hard to learn
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Dobby1234567890 on May 18, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allegory | a story were people and events represent a message |
| allusiona | reference to a person (biblical and mythology) |
| alliteration | repetition of a constant sound |
| author's purpose | the main reason for writing |
| diction | an author's choice of words |
| figurative language | language that communicates ideas |
| flashback | putting old memories into a story in sequence |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to the future |
| genre | a category of literature |
| hyperbole | intentional exageration |
| iambic pentameter | a metric line of five feet |
| imagery | words that create a vivid image |
| irony | contrast between reality and expectation |
| metaphor | a statement that compares two different things not using like or as |
| mood | a feeling that is created by the author |
| personification | giving human movements to inanimate objects |
| perspective | the point of view the story is told from |
| poetry | response to an experience |
| prose | speaking in ordinary form |
| satire | a technique where things are ridiculed |
| soliloquy | a speech in a dramatic work |
| sonnet | a poem with 15 lines |
| symbol | a thing that represents something beyond its self |
| theme | a central idea |
| thesis | an attitude or position taken by a writer |
| tone | expression of an attitude toward a subject |
| voice | says whether the subject is being acted upon |
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