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ROK Vocabulary Set 4

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Literary device A technique that produces a specific effect.
Main idea This is the "heart" of a passage or story. It is the central thought and the most important point that a writer wishes to express.
Memoir The story of memory that is close to your heart. It might be one event stretched out, or many tiny events.
Metaphor A comparison of two things that are not usually thought of as alike. Example: That car is a dream or He's a teddy bear.
Meter This helps create sound and rhythm in poems and other literature. Is is the recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Mood The strongest feeling that a literary work conveys to readers. Created in many ways such as through the used of setting, tone, character and imagery.
Moral The lesson that a story teaches about right and wrong behavior.
Mystery A story in which there is a problem or puzzle to solve with clues, suspects, and often and amateur detective.
Myth Stories that were created long ago by people of various cultures, serving to explain some aspect of the world such as the creation of the earth and universe.
Narrative Telling of a plot or story.
Narrator Person who tells a story.
Novel A long story that is fictional. Examples: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Moby Dick and Harry Potter
Onomatopoeia Forming words that imitate the sound of the objects by name, the sound they make, or actions they refer to. Examples: Buzz, Bang, Hiss, Hum, Plop, Boom, Murmur and Zip
Oxymoron Two words in a phrase that seem in conflict with each other. Examples: Act natural, jumbo shrimp, civil war and new tradition
Parable A short moral story often with animal characters.
Paradox A tatement or proposition that seems to contradict itself, but is often true.
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