literacy terms

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repetition of initial constant sounds

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alliteration

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a reference to a person a place, an avent, or lliterary work that the author expects the reader to understand

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allusion

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a comparison used to illustrate similarites between two objects or abstractions

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analogy

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lines spoken to the audience from a character on stage

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aside

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repetition of vowels

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assonance

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a narrative told in verse

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ballad

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verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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the personality of a character displayed and developed by the auhtor through direct and inderect means

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characterization

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the highest part/point of tension in a narrative

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climax

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a literacy work depicts a happy and a miracle ending

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comedy

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the villain negative force opposes the hero

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antagonist

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the problem that needs resolution or the struggle between two opposing forces in a narrative

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conflict

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repetition of similar consonant sounds

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consonance

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the resolution or outcome of a narrative

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denoument

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lines between two characters

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dialouge

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word choice

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diction

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a lyric poem in memorial or lamentation, sad

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elegy

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a long narrative poem aboud a legendary hero and values of society

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epic

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the beginning of a narrative the background context

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expostion

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hints in the beginning of a narrative, the background context

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foreshadowing

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verse with no fixed problem

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free verse

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description in exaggerated terms

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hyperbole

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words or phases that create sensory images

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imagery

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a contrast or opposition to what is started or expected

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irony

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an implicit comparison between a literal and abstract image

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metaphor

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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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meter

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something associated with an object is representative of the object in its entirely

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metonymy

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lines give by one character

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monolouge

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atmosphere of a narrative or poem, the readers emotional response

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mood

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repetition of a symbol word or situation in order to emphasize a theme

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motif

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word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

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onomatopeia

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a seeming contradiction that reveals a kind of truth

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paradox

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non human objects are given human characteristics

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personification

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sequence of events within a narrative

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plot

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perspective from which a narrative is told

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point of view

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sound devices in poetry

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prosody

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the centeral character of a narrative

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protagonist

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regular repetition throughout a work of poetry

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refrain

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the repetition of similar sound between words or the ending of words

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rhyme

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arrangement of syllables into patterns

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rhythm

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the time and place of a narrative

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setting

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lines given by a character alone on stage

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soliloquy

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a 14 line lyric poem

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sonnet

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an explicit comparison using like or as

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simile

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an authors manner of writing

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style

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a concrete object is representative of an abstract idea

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symbolism

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a subsitiution of a part for the whole

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synechdoche

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the general idea or centeral message of a piece of writing

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theme

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the authors attitude convoyed through a writing

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tone

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a literary work that depicts a sorrowful or disastrous ending

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tragedy