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Where does The House on Mango Street take place? |
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Where does Romeo and Juliet take place? |
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Where does Of Mice and Men take place? |
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A short essay on any topic, serious of humorous. Reveals the writer's personality and tastes. |
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A full-length work that gives an account of the writer's own life. |
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Tells the story of a person's life, written or told by someone other than the subject. |
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A writer's attitude toward a subject, character, or the audience. |
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Zeroes in on a particular time period in the writer's life. |
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Explains something to the reader by giving information or clarifying an idea. |
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A story acted out live and on stage. |
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A conversation between characters. |
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A long speech by one character to one or more other characters onstage. |
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A comment that only the audience is supposed to hear. |
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Follows a rising-and-falling structure. |
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Creates tensions that increases as the play progresses. |
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The emotional high point of a story. |
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The presentation of serious and important actions that end unhappily. |
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Has a personal failing that leads to their downfall. |
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Excessive pride, ambition, passion, etc. |
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When the audience or the reader knows something important that a character does not know. |
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A speech by a character who is alone onstage speaking the their self or the audience. |
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A character who is used to contrast another character. |
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A universally understood symbol or pattern of behavior, a prototype. |
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Came face-to-face with someone |
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Giving into someone else's wishes |
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Harmless, not objecting in any way |
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Carefully, with great attention to detail |
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Growing or spaced wide apart |
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In a resentful, disagreeable manner |
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Person who goes about on foot |
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Quickly passing, fleeting |
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Twisting or turning, as in pain |
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