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a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or a group
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4
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a grouping of two of more lines in a poem
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7
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the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
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8
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a deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration
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10
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the use of any object, person, place or action that has a meaning in itself while standing for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value
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11
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_____ person point of view: from the point of view of one character
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12
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a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place or thing
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14
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the voice in a poem that talks to the reader; the speaker is not necessarily the poet
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16
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the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience; conveyed through the author's choice of diction, imagery, figurative language, and/or details
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19
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a comparison of two different idea using 'like' or 'as'
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22
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the dictionary definition of a word
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use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, such as 'hiss' or 'bang'
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24
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the introduction to the characters, background, and setting of a short story or novel
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25
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an accepted phrase or expression having a menaing different from a literal meaning
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26
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a hint or suggestion of a coming event
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_____ scheme: the pattern of end rhyme in the poem; the pattern is identified by assigning a letter of the alphabet, beginning with a, to each line; lines that rhyme are given the same letter
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31
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a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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32
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_____ point of view - an all-knowing, all-seeing narrator; can see the thoughts and actions of all characters.
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35
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the feelings and attitudes associated with a word
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39
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the sequence of events in a story
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41
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_____ of view: the positions from which a story is told
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42
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a story in which the characters, objects, or actions have a meaning beyond the surface of the story
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44
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the time and place a story takes place
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45
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an overused expression or idea
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a word choice intended to convey a certain effect
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3
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the words or phrases a write uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses.
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the central message of a literary work; it is not the same as a subject, which can be expressed in a word or two
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a sound word, phrase or line is repeated for effect or emphasis
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the end of a sotry where the conflict is worked out
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_____conflict: opposition to a character which comes from environment surroundings, or other characters; a character struggles against some outside force; man vs man vs nature
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poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm
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a person, animal, or imaginary creature in a literary work
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giving human qualities to non-human things/objects
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_____ or high point - the most exciting part of the story
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the use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct, but considered less distasteful or offensive than another
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a comparison of two different things without using 'like' or 'as'
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27
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a break in a time sequence to an earlier event or time
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29
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the emotional response of the reader to the text
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conversation between characters
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a form of a paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression; ex. 'jumbo shrimp'
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_____ conflict: the struggle within a character dealing with emotions and feeings; takes place within the mind of a character; man vs. self
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_____language - expressions and imaginative language that is not literally true
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a character, action, or situation that is a prototype, or pattern of human life; a situation that occurs over and over again in literature, such as a quest, an initiation, or an attempt to overcome evil.
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an author's or a narrator's distinctive style or manner of expression
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_____ person point of view: told from the point of one observer or narrator; records only what is seen or heard
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_____ action: the actions or events taking place after the high-point/climax
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a form of literature: ex, fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, etc.
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