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alliteration |
a pattern of sounds that includes the repetition of consonant sounds |
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characterization |
A method used by an author to develop a character |
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direct characterization |
the character qualities are stated |
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indirect characterization |
the character is developed through description, what he/she does, says, thinks... |
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connotation |
an association that come along with the words |
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denotation |
the literal definition of a word |
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foreshadowing |
the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later |
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hyperbole |
an extravagant exaggeration |
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imagery |
language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching |
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metaphor |
a statement that is made that says one thing is something else but, literally, it is not |
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nemesis |
an opponent or a foe in a story; often seeking retribution or vengeance |
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oxymoron |
putting two contradictory words together |
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omomatopoeia |
a word that imitates the sound it represents |
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personification |
a figure of speech that gives human characteristics to animals, ideas or objects |
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mood |
the emotional attitude the author takes towards a subject |
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idiom |
an expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language |
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parody |
a literary work that imitates another literary work; can be amusing or mocking in tone |
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puns |
the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound |
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rhythm |
the beat of a line of writing |
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rhyme |
a pattern of words that contain similar sounds |
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simile |
comparison using "like" or "as" |
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symbol |
using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning |
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tone |
the attitude a writer takes toward a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, solemn, objective |
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first person point-of-view |
the narrator speaks as "I" and the narrator is a character in the story who may or may not influence the events within it |
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third person limited point-of-view |
a narrator who is confined to what is experiences, thought, or felt by a single character, or at most a limited number of characters |
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third person omniscient point-of-view |
a narrator who knows everything that needs to be known about the agents and the events in a story, and is free to move at will in time and place, and who has privileged access to a character's thought, feelings, and motives |
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allusion |
a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature |
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analogy |
a comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship |
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dialogue |
the conversation between characters |
