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connotation |
said to be the suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. |
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consonance |
the repitition of a of a costant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonios effect |
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Denotation |
the strict, litteral, or factual meaning of a word or phrase |
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Details |
the facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a peice of poetry or prose |
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Dialect |
a socail or regional variety of a particular languages with patterns that distinguish it from other varieties |
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Dialogue |
thespeach of characters in any ki of narrative, story, or play. |
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Diction |
word choice intended to convey a certain effect. |
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Figurative language |
Describes one thing in terms of somthing else. |
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Flashback |
a scene that interrupts theaction of a work to show a previous event |
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Foreshadowing |
the useof hints or clues in literature to suggest future action. |
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Hyperbole |
a deliberate exageration in literature. |
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Imagery |
the use of words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind |
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irony |
is the differnence between what is expected and what is. |
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Metaphor |
a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as |
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mood |
the emotional atmosphere produced by an artistic work |
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Narrative-any |
literary work that tells a story |
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onomatopeoia |
is the use of words that imitate sound |
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oxymoron |
a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposit terms into a single isightful or clarifying expression |
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paradox |
occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other although thestatment may apear illogical, imposible, or absurd it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth. |
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personification |
a figure of speech in wich an animal , object, or idea is given human form or characteristics. |
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Plot |
the sequence of events in a story novel or play |
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Point of veiw |
the perspective from wich a narrative is told |
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propaganda |
the attempt to influence a mass audience usualy with the intent to decieve |
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Protagonist |
the central character of a drama novel short story or narrative poem. Conversly the antagonist is the person or forcr that opposes the protagonist |
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Pun |
a play on words or a joke based on words with several meanings or words that soud alike but have different meanings |
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Repetition |
the recurrence of sounds words phrases lines or stanzas ina a speach |
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Rhyme |
the recurrence of sound in the words that appear close to each other in a poem End rhyme occures at the end of lines |
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Rhythm |
the pattern of beats created by the arrangement if stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in poetry |
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Satire |
a form of writing that ridicules abuses for the sake of remedying them |
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Sceince fiction |
a form of literature set either in the future or on some imaginary world in wich settings plots characters and themes are the result of sceintific or technological speculation |
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Setting |
the time and place in wich the short story novel play or narrative poem takes place |
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simile |
a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as it is a definitely stated comparison in wich the author says one thing is like another. |
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Structure |
the framework or organazation of a literary selection for example the structure of fiction is usually determined by plot and by division the structure of drama depends upon its division into acts and scenes the structure of an essay depends upon the organazation of ideas the structure of poetry is determined by its rhyme scheme and stanatic form. |
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style |
the writer's characteristic manner of employing languages |
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Suspence |
the quality of a short story novel play or narative poem that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events |
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Symbol |
any object person place or action that has both a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself such as quality attitude belief or value |
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syntax |
the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence |
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Theme |
a central mesage of a literary work. it is not the same as a subject which can be in a word or two |
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Tone |
the writer's or speakers attitude toward a subject character or audience and it is conveyed through the authors choice of words and detail tone can be serious humorous sarcastic indignant objective etc. |
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understatement |
the opposit of hyperbole it is a kind of irony that deliberatly represents something as being much less than it really is |
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