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vocab and lit. terms

E.L.A vocabulary and literary terms

TermDefinition
effect A change that is result of some action or another cause
effective Successful in doing something you wanted to do
paraphrase To put into your own words
consequences Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition, effect, result, impact, outcome
denotation A words exact meaning, literal, the actual "fork" in the road
connotation A words suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with the word figurative
stanza In poetry a division into groups, "a poetry paragraph"
rhyme scheme A consistent pattern of rhyme throughout a poem (ABAAB) EXAMPLE!
genre The category to which a literary work belongs
sensory details Language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses: smell, taste, sight, touch, hearing!
couplet A pair of lines of poetry that rhyme (end word) and are the same length
memoir An event in some ones life that happened sometime before
essential Something that is very/extremely important
characterization the method an author uses to develop charecters
diverge A separate, split, go in a different directions
figurative language language used in imaginable ways to express ideas that are not literally true
hyperbole A description greatly exaggerated for emphasis
Metaphor A comparasion between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another
Narrative Tells a story or describes a sequence of event in incident
Personal Narrative Tells a story from a first person point of view, usually written with an organizational structure of: indecent (begging) responds (middle) reflection (end)
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