Literary Terms 1 Flashcards
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Abstract
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Language that describes concepts rather than concrete images, ideas, and qualities, rather than observe or specify things, people, or places.
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Allegory
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Extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and setting, represent abstract qualities and in which, writers intend a second meaning to be read under the surfaces of a story. underlying meaning: moral, religious, political, social.
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Anedote
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short, simple, narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point
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Annotation
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explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite source, give data
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Antithesis
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presentation of 2 contrasting images. phrase, clause, or paragraphs
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Apostrophe
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device of calling out to a imaginary person
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Argumentation
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attempts to prove vadility of a point of view or idea
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colophon Dissonance
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harsh, akward sounds used on purpose in poetry
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Caricature
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descriptive writing that gives specific featured of a persons appearance
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colloquiallism
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used in everyday convo. inpropper (Yall, aint)
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Coherance
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contribute to difference of central idea, theme, or principle
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concrete language
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specific, observable things! people or places rather than ideas or qualities
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Conotation
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identical consonant sounds within 2 or more words in close means
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Conundurm
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riddle whose answers is or involves a pun
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Deduction
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to move, or take away
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Denotation
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meaning of a word
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description
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detailed observation of color, motion, etc
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Diction
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tone, attitude, and style
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Ballad
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tells a story through a poem
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Biography
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story of a persons life by others
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Blank verse
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unrymed iambic pentameter
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Caesura
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sudden pause in line of poetry
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Character
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Person responsible for thoughts, people who play in the “Play”`
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Antagonist
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Deceiving character
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Protagonist
character who is for something
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Foil
serves as a contrast, or conflict to another
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Hero
action are inspiring
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Chrous
see refrain
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Chronological Order
order things happen
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Clarifying
To understand for sure
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Climax
order in which things start to rise
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Comedy
Humorous words, phrases, jokes
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Comparison
to put 2 things against one another and find like things
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Concrete peotry
uses physical or visual to give messege
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Central conflict
most important conflict
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external conflict
problem b/w main character and outside forces
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Internal Conflict
problem within character
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connecting
compair things to their own experiance and knowledge
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Connotation
To object a word from dictionary
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Consonance
repeat of sounds within lines of poetry
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Context Clues
to give hints the speach or phrases
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Contrast
To compair one thing to another
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Couplet
rhymed pair of lines in poetry
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Denotation
exact meaning of a word
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Denounment
see plot
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Dialect
spoken in specific place
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Dialog
Convo B/W character in drama
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Drama
By actor, speaking to audiance and tells the story
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Drawing conclusion
combining info to make guess
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Dramatic monologue
reveals his or her deep thoughts and feelingsq
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elegy
lit. song or poem
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Descriptive essay
describes particular subj
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EXPOSITORY
explains info on subj.
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informal
light tone, shows feeling
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humorous
to amuse audiance
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narractive
tells a story
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PERSUASIVE
convince or your own opinion
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evaluationg
judging value`
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exaggeration
see hyberbole
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expositon
seeplot
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extended metephor
compares 2 unlikethings
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external conflict
see conflict
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fable
teaches a lesson
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fact and opinion
can be proved and states your own judgment
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falling action
see plot
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enjambment
end of a line with no punctuation.
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epigram
to make fun of
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epic
herosaction that reflect of nation
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epitaph
moment that makes character change actions
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essay
nonficton paper telling a summary about something/one
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descriptive essay
particular subject
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expository e
explain and give info on subjectq
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farmal e
organized and researched
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humorous
to amuse or entertain reader
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informal e
reflects writers feelings and opinion
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narrative
explains the readers op-oinion on story
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evaluating
judging value of something
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exaggeration
see hyperbole
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exposition
see plot
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extended metephor
compares 2 unlike things in lengths
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external conflict
see conflict
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fable
tale that teaches a lesson
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fact and opinion
fact is and statement that can be proved , opinion is to what someone feels or thinks
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fiction
something is fake
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figurative language
expression that arent litterally true
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1st person point of view
see point of view
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flashback
take back from present to remember the old/past
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foil
see character
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folklolre
traditions passed down generation to generation
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folktale
simple story passed down generation to generation
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foot
measurement in line of poetry
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foreshadowig
writer provides clues as to what is to happen
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free verse
poetry w/o regular pattern
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generalization
based statement about a group
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genre
a catagory of literature
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haiku
japan poetry
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hero
see character
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heroic couplet
2 rhyming lines that state a complete thought
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historical fiction
explores past time
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horror fiction
story with mysterious events
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humor
provokes laughter
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hyperbole
truth is exagerated
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iambic pentamenter
see metephor
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idiom
expression that means something diff.
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memoir
type of autobiography
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metaphor
compares 2 unlike things but may have 1 quality in common
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meter
regular pattern of poetryq
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imagery
appeal to the five senses
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inference
logic based guess
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internal conflict
see conflict
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interview
meeting in which one person ask questions to another
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irony
contrast between what happens and whats expected
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verbal irony
speaker means something totaly dif. then what was said
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dramatic irony
when audiance knows something actor dosent
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cosmic irony
something brings dreadful events
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irony of situation
how things work out than how they actually happen
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legend
story handed down from past about 1 person
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limireck
short humorous story with 5 lines with aabba
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literal meaning
what something actually means
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lyric
main expression in a song
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main idea
what story is trying to get to
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memoir
specific type of autobiography
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metaphor
figurative language
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meter
regular pattern of aqccented or unaccented lines
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monometer
1 foot per line
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dimeter
2 feet per line
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tri
3 ft / line
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pent
5ft/line
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hexa
6ft/line
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hept
7ft/line
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octa
8ft/line
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TET
4ft/line
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metonymy
substituation of one word or phrase
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minor
see character
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mood
created through use of plot character etc.
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moral
lesson story teaches
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motif
good and evil
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motivation
why character acts
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myth
trys to explain how world evolved
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narrative
writing that tells a story
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narrative poetry
poetry that tells a story
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narrator
one who tells a story
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unreliable narratorq
one who gives own understanding
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narravtive poem
see narrative
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narrator
see narrative
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nonfiction
not fake
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novel
fiction that is longer thana short story
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soliloquy
character who is alone on stage
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sonnet
sytem of metrical structure
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sound device
see alliteration
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speaker
voice that talks to reader in poem
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speech
talk in public
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stage directions
instruction to actor
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stanza
two or more lines in poem together
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static character
see character
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stereotype
broad overlook on views
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story mapping
organizers helps readers understand
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style
how something is said by writer
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subplot
see plot
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summerizing
brief recounting main ideas
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EYE RHYMES
appear to rhyme but doesn't really
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internal rhyme
found ion poetry
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slant rhyme
near rhyme
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rhyme scheme
matching lowercase letters
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rhythum
flow of sounds by arrangement
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rising action
see plot
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sarcasm
meaning one thing other than said
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satire
ideas ridiculed
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scanning
searching through writing for fact or info
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scene
part of scene meaning at 1 time
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science fiction
unexpected possibilities
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secondary source
present info
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suspence
growing excitement
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symbolism
something specific for something else
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synecdoche
naming 1 part
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Theme
idea incorporated into play/story
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3rd person point oif view
see point of view
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tragedy
presents downfall within character in story
