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Semester 1 Vocab Test

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Paradox
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Mood
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Falling Action:
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Simile
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Hyperbole
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Connotation
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Foreshadow
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Resolution:
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Genre
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Theme
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Analogy
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Diction
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Sensory Details
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Tone
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introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers
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Exaggeration
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A comparison between two things, ideas, places, or people
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what is implied by a word or phrase
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Author's word choice.
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Explores the consequences of the actions of the characters and the problems are either resolved or an invaluable lesson has been learned.
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The attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme. It reflects the narrator's attitude.
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A hint at things to come in a story or play.
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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
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Including descriptions of the five senses to engage the reader: sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound.
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The feeling resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer’s attitude and point of view.
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A central or dominant idea or concern of a work: the main idea or meaning
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a series of related incidents build toward the point of greatest interest
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A category of art (music or literature) characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
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A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.
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A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”
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Denotation
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A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature
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Ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in poetry.
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A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"
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A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes
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a figure of speech which makes brief, even casual references to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a connection with the reader
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The repetition of similar sounding words within a group of words
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the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
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Treating an abstraction or non-human object as if it were an human by giving it human qualities.
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A sharp hurtful remark. A form of verbal irony in which praise of something is actually harshly critical.

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