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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tone | indicates the narrator/author's attitude |
| symbolism | a symbol that represents something |
| characterization | what an author uses to create a character |
| will power | force or determination that a character has |
| theme | the meaning/idea behind the story |
| motif | something repeated throughout the story, highlighting theme |
| allusion | reference to something outside of the book |
| diction | choice of words and how theyre written |
| POV | perspective of narration |
| setting | time and place the story takes place |
| irony | a contrast between things that are incongruent |
| conflict | stands in the way of the character: role conflict, objective, internal |
| plot | the way a sequence of events unfold in the story |
| figurative language | imagery, simile, metaphor, metonomy, personification, anthropomorphism,zoomorphism |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | direct comparison |
| metonomy | continue using comparative phrase |
| personification | giving human like qualities to an inanimate object |
| anthropomorphism | giving human characteristics to an animal |
| zoomorphism | giving humans animal like characteristics |
| prose | repetition |
| emotive language | words that let you know of emotions |
| hyperbole | overblown exxageration |
| anecdote | story to make a point |
| parallel structure | repetition of form |
| contrast(antithesis) | polar opposites |
| descriptive imagery | telling story with imagery |
| 3 appeals | pathos, logos, ethos |
| rhyme | repeated final sounds |
| slant & forced rhyme | looks like should rhyme, sounds like rhyming |
| rhythm | pattern/beat of stressed/unstressed syllables |
| meter | measured and arranged rhythm |
| stanzas | poetic lines/ groups |
| free verse | FREE |
| blank verse | doesn't rhyme but has form |
| sound devices | alliteration, assonance, consonance, anomanopia |
| alliteration | repetition of same sound group |
| assonance | repetition of stressed vowel sounds |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds |
| anomanopia | words that sound like representatives |
| pace | speed of things happening |
| tempo | intensity of thing happening |
| diction | style |
| word color and sound | uses lots of alliteration, affect meaning |
| use of dialogue | how it tells the story |
| character development | in order to make us like/dislike a character |
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