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archetype

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original model from which something is developed

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foil

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character that saves as an opposite from another to accent the main character’s goodness

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flat

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not developed character

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round

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character with level of complexity like a real person

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stock

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stereotypical character

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diction

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word choice

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connotation

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feeling or mood the word gives

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dialect

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regional variety of a language

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dialogue

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character’s voice

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denotation

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dictionary definition of a word

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euphemism

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use of word that is less distasteful

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idiom

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expression of a given language that is particular to a specific group of people

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sight

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visual

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sound

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auditory

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touch

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tactile

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taste

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papillary

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smell

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olfactory

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mood

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tone or feeling created in a reader

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plot

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arrangements of events in a story

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flashback

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reference to past event

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framed narrative

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happens in a real setting-historical

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foreshadowing

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preview of an event to come

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spatial

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organization of info using spacial cues such as top to bottom left right

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chronological

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time order-events of order in the time they occur

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third person objective
like looking through a keyhole only see whats happening as it occurs
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historical setting
era time period-culture society customs
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geographical setting
where in the world
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physical setting
"in a classroom"
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style
way a literary work is written/devices author uses to express thought
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theme
moral or idea a story revolves around
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tone
diction, imagery, detail, P.O.V., syntax, tone shifts, multiple tones
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antithesis
opposite ideas in parallel structure
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juxtaposition
combining 2 contrasting ideas in a sentence
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ellipsis
using ... to omit phrases or words
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parallelism
similarity in parts of a sentence
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chiasmus
rhetoical inversion of the second of two parallel structures
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antimetabole
arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the second
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apostrophe
addresses or talks about someone not really there
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synecdoche
part of something signifies the whole
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metonymy
where a label is applied to another (crown for royalty)
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allusion
referring back to another piece of literature
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Poet
Author of the poem
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Poetry
Type of literature expresses ideas and feelings or tells story in specific form
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Speaker
Narrator or voice of poem
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Form
Appearance of words on page
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Rhythm
Beat created by sounds of words in poem can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration, and refrain
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Rhyme
Words sound alike-share ending vowel and consonant sounds
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End rhyme
Word at end of one line rhymes with word at end of another line
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Internal rhyme
Word inside line rhymes with another word on same line
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Near rhyme
Aka imperfect or close rhyme-share either same vowel or consonant but not both
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Rhyme scheme
Pattern of rhyme(usually end rhyme) | Uses letters to represent sounds to virtually see the pattern
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Onomatopoeia
Imitates sound they're naming
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Consonance
Repeated consonant sounds anywhere in words
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Assonance
repeated vowel sounds in line of lines often creating near rhyme
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Refrain
Sound word phrase or line repeated regularly in poem
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Lyric
Short poem usually first person expresses emotion or describes scene
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Cinquain
5 line poem with 22 syllables
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Shakespearean sonnet
14 line poem with specific rhyme scheme(abab cdcd efef gg)
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Free verse poetry
No repeating pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables No rhyme More conversational Modern
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Narrative poem
Tells story longer than lyric has to establish characters and plot
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Epic poetry
Book written in poet form
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Concrete poem
Words are arranged to creat picture that related to concept of poem
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Extended metaphor
Goes on for several lines or possibly entire work
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Implied metaphor
comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration for emphasis
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Personification
Inanimate object has human qualities
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Symbolism
Thing that has literal and figurative meaning
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Imagery
Language that appeals to senses
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litotes
understatement
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alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sound
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meter
rhyme scheme
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irony
when the outcome is different than expected-situational, dramatic, verbal, sarcasm
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motif
reoccurring idea or object in a story

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