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Mrs Holm's SOL reading terms

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exposition   establishes setting  
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protagonist   main character  
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dialect   regional language  
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drama   story meant to be performed by actors  
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omniscient P.O.V.   storyteller knows all of the charaters thoughts  
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satire   ridicules the faults of a society or indiv.  
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first person P.O.V   character in the story tells it  
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paradox   contradictory statement  
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metaphor   one thing spoken of as if it is another  
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hyperbole   grand exaggeration  
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simile   comparison using like or as  
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personification   nonhuman subject assigned human qualities  
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foreshadow   hint of events to come  
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alliteration   reretition of initial consonant sounds  
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allusion   literary reference to a well known person or event  
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symbol   object that stands for something else  
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irony   surprising unexpected contradiction  
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pun   play on words  
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tone   writers attitude toward his subject  
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diction   word choice  
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mood   feeling created in the reader  
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characterization   the act of developing a character  
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third person limited P.O.V   storytell knows the thoughts of only one character  
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syntax   word arrangement in a sentence  
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imagery   descriptive language-creates mood  
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climax   height of action  
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allegory   A story with multiple levels of meaning  
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flashback   reference to an event that has already occured  
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cliche   phrase that has become overused  
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foil   a character whose traits are in opposition to the protagonist  
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understatement   to down play the obvious  
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archetype   a character type that apears over and over inliterature ( stereotype)  
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climax   the highest pt of interest in a story  
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conflict   a struggle between opposing forces  
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allegory   a story that acts as a metaphor  
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monologue   a speech made by a character on stage that reveals his innermost thoughts and feelings  
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author's purpose   The reason for his writing- answers the question, why did he write this?  
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