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| allusion | show 🗑
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| alliteration | show 🗑
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| symbol | show 🗑
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| show | see character
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| metaphor | show 🗑
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| static character | show 🗑
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| show | An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual
words. For example, “it’s raining cats and dogs” is an idiom that means it’s raining really hard—but
there is no way to know that from the meanings of its individual words. See
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| show | is the main character in the literary work
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| conflict | show 🗑
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| antagonist | show 🗑
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| show | A story’s main message or moral.
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| point of view | show 🗑
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| show | mood (mood): The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature. Another way to describe a
story’s mood is atmosphere. When you walk into a place, it has an atmosphere that makes you feel a
certain way; when you “walk into” a story, it too has an atm
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| show | is the use, more than one, of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
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| setting | show 🗑
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| foreshadowing | show 🗑
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| imagery | show 🗑
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| oxymoron | show 🗑
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| show | is a writers or speakers word choice
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| show | figurative language (FI G-yer-uh-tiv LAN G-gwidj): The literal meaning of a word is its
definition as you would find it in a dictionary. Figurative language uses words in some way other
than for their literal meanings to make a comparison, add emphasis,
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| hyperbole | show 🗑
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| show | When two unlike things are compared—using like or as—in order to illuminate
a particular quality or aspect of one of those things. For example, “Randy’s voice is like melted
chocolate” is a simile in which Randy’s voice is compared to melted chocolate.
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| show | The means through which an author reveals a
character’s personality. Characterization may be direct or indirect.
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| personification | show 🗑
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| show | The author’s attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience.
Words that could describe tone include doubtful, humorous, gleeful, serious, and questioning. Tone is
conveyed through the author’s word choices and the details that he or
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| humor | show 🗑
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| show | the denotation of a word is its dictionary meaning, independent of other association that the word may have
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| show | An understatement is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.
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| suspense | show 🗑
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| connotation | show 🗑
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| flashback | show 🗑
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| irony | show 🗑
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| voice | show 🗑
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| show | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition
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| sarcasm | show 🗑
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