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Gold Lit Packet

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Hyperbole   an exaggeration or overstatement :p  
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Idiomatic Expression   an expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally. :p  
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Imagery   group of words which appeals to the senses; serves to intensify the impact of the work  
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Metaphor   comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"; expresses an idea through the image of another object. :p  
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Oxymoron   a two or three word phrase that contains opposite words or ideas. :p  
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Personification    
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Simile   comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" :p  
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Alliteration   repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words :p  
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Connotation   feeling suggested by a given word :p  
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Denotation   the dictionary definition of a word :p  
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Characterization   method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities :p  
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Theme   main (or major) idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work :p  
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Fiction   any story that is produced of imagination rather than fact :p  
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Allusion   implied or indirect reference to a familiar person, place or event :p  
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Flashback   device used to present action that occurred before the beginning of the story :p  
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Foreshadowing   device that creates expectation or sets up an explanation of later developments :p  
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Irony   Incongruity (or difference) between actual results and expected results :p  
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Onomatopoeia   words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning; words that mimic the sounds they denote :p  
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Symbolism   device in literature where an object represents an idea; something concrete represents something abstract :p  
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Mood   the emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work; what the reader feels :p  
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Style   the way an author writes :p  
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Tone   the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters :p  
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Author's Purpose   author's intent is either to inform, entertain or persuade :p  
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Author's Thesis   the topic and a specific feeling associated with it :p  
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Main Idea   tha author's central thought; chief topic of a text :p  
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First Person   "personal" point of view; relates events as perceived by a single character :p  
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Third Person   point of view that presents the events from outside a single character's perception :p  
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Autobiography   the story of a person's life written by himself or herself :p  
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Biography   the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work. :p  
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Editorials   a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers :p  
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Expository Text   text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic :p  
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Fable   narrative intended to convey a moral :p  
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Folktales   a story originating in oral tradition (examples are ghost stories, fairy tales, fables and anecdotes):p  
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Genre   category used to classify literary works :p  
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Legends   story about a mythical or supernatural beings or events, or a story coming down from the past :p  
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Public Documents   a document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond :p  
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Affix   one or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning or end of word or base :p  
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Homophone   one or two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning :p  
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Suffix   groups of letters placed after a word to modify its meaning or change part of speech :p  
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Synonym   words that have highly similar meanings :p  
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Climax   turning point in a narrative :p  
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Resolution   portion of a story following the climax, in which the conflict is resolved :p  
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Rising Action   part of the story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated :p  
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Epic   long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero of great historic or legendary importance :p  
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Free Verse   poetry that lacks regular metrical and rhyme patterns; sounds like everyday speech :p  
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Limerick   light or humorous verse form of five lines of which line 1,2 and 5 rhymes, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme. :p  
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Meter   repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry :p  
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Poetic purpose   text with literary devices and language peculiar to poetry :p  
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Rhyme   identical or very similar recurring fianl sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem :p  
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Rhythm   pattern or beat of a poem :p  
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Sonnet   a lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed :p  
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