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Allegory

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story w hidden message

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Allusion

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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

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Anachronism

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something out of place in time

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Antithesis

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Direct opposite

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

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Archetype

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a very typical example of a certain person or thing

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Aside

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a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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cacophony

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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Consonance

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Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Diction

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word choice

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didactic poem

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a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson

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Enjambment

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the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

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Euphemism

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An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

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euphony

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pleasant, harmonious sound

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extended metaphor

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A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.

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Foreshadowing

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A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration

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Imagery

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Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

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internal rhyme

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A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

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lyric poem

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a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker

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Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
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Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
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Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
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Narrative poem
a poem that tells a story
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Onomatopoeia
word that imitates the sound it represents.
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Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
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Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
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Poetic justice
When characters "get what they deserve" in the end of a story.
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Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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pathetic fallacy
Nature reflects the feelings of others
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Pun
A play on words
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Rhyme
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
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Satire
A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.
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Soliloquy
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
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Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
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Litotes/ understatement
Understatement for effect, often used for irony
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Narrative Hook
the start of the story that catches the reader's interest & makes them want to go on
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Exposition
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
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Initial Incident
the point in a story, play, etc., when conflict is introduced or initiated.
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rising action
Events leading up to the climax
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external conflicts
man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society
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Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces
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internal conflict
Man vs self
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dilemma
a choice between two unpleasant or difficult options
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Turning point
Choice made by the characters determining their fate and the direction of the play. Forces of conflict come together
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Climax
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
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Falling action
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
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Resolution
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
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Conclusion
the end or finish of an event or process.
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round characters
Characters who have some or many different traits that form a complex personality.
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Flat characters
One-dimensional, stereotypical characters who are typically minor characters in a story
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Stock characters
One who occurs repeatedly in a particular genre
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Limited point of view
the story is told from the perspective of one of the characters whose information is restricted to what he/she sees, hears, and feels.
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Objective point of view
a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.
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Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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Dramatic irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
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Situational irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

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