day 14-20 terms

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code

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long poem usually serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal structure

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onomatopoeia

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use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning

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opinion

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see fact and opinion

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oral history

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stories of peoples lives related by word of mouth

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oxymoron

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form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas

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paradox

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statement that seems to contradict itsself but is, nevertheless, true.

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parallelism

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the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance

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paraphrasing

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the restatement of a text by readers in their own words or in another form

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parody

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a literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an authors work for comic effect or ridicule

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personification

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figure of speech where animals, ideas or inanimate objects

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perspective

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see point of view

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persuasion

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to sway the readers feelings, beliefs, or actions

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play

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see drama

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plot

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the sequence of related events that make up a story

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exposition

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introduces the characters and the conflicts they face

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inciting incident

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occurs after the exposition and introduces the central conflict within the story

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rising action

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following the introduction of the central conflict

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climax

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turning point of the story

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falling action

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the end of the central conflict in a story, when the action starts to wind down

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resolution or denouement

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occurs after the climax and is where conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up

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subplot

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an additional minor plot that involves a secondary conflict in the story

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poetry

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a type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and often musical language

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primary source

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a first hand account of an event

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propaganda

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text that uses false or misleading information to present slanted point of view

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prose

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the ordinary form of spoken and written language

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protagonist

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see character

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questioning

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the process of raising questions while reading in an effort to understand characters and events

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realistic fiction

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imaginative writing set in the real, modern world

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refrain

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repetition in literature of one or more lines at regulat intervals

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repetition

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a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis

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resolution

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see plot

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rhyme

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repetition of an identical or similarly accented sound or sounds in a work

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end or terminal rhymes

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words that rhyme at the end of a verse line

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point of view

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perspective from which a story is told

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predicting

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the process of gethering information and combining it with the readers own knowledge to guess what might occur

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eye rhyme

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words that when written appear to rhyme, but when spoken do not

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internal rhyme

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rhyme found within a line of poetry

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slant rhyme

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also known as near rhyme, half rhyme, off rhyme,

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of end rhyme used in a poem, generally indicated by matching lowercsase letters to show which lines rhyme

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rhythm

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refers to the pattern of flow of sounds created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllablesin al ine of poetry

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rising action

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see plot

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sarcasm

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the use of

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satire

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a literary technique in which ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society

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science fiction

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prose writing in which a writer explores unexpected possibilities of the past or the future

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secondary source

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presents info compiled from or based on another sources

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sensory details

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words an phrases that help readers use 5 senses to tell what an author is about

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sequence

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the order in which events occur or in which ideas are presented

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setting

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the time, place, physical details, and circumstances, in which a story occurs.

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short story

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brief work of fiction that generally focusses on one or two main characters who face a single problem or conflict

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soliloquy

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a speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage

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sonnet

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a sonnet is a distinctive poetic style that uses a system or pattern of metrical structure and verse compodition usually consisting of 14 lines

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sound devices

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see alliteration, onomatopeia, repetition, rhyme, and rhythm

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speaker

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the voice that talks to the reader in a poem, as the narrator does in a work of fiction

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speech

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a talk given in public

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stage directions

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the instructions to the actors, director and stage crew in the script of a play