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11th Grade
06/17/2011

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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of the word
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Allusion
Definition
A reference to a historical event or person
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Analogy
Definition
A metaphor put in Laymans Terms/easy way to understand
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Anaphora
Definition
The repetition of a word,phrase,clause at the beginning of a word,phrase,clause
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Anastrophe
Definition
Putting words,clauses,phrases in an unexpected order
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Anedcote
Definition
A very short personal story
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Annotation
Definition
Engaging and general feelings
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Antecedent
Definition
The noun that applies later to the pronoun of a sentence
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Anthropromorphism
Definition
Giving human qualities to other living things
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Anti-Hero
Definition
A central character that is developed without typical/admirable qualities
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Antithesis
Definition
Sharply and opposing ideas expressed in a balanced and parallel structure. I.E. "Dying is eary, Living is hard"
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Aphorism
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Short witty remarks with little bits of wisdom
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Aposiopesis
Definition
Extended dash indicating an interruption
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Apostrophe
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When a character speaks to something non-living or non-present as if it were present and is capable of understanding
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Appositive
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A noun or a noun phrase set off by commas. Used to give information about a previous noun.
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Aptronym
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An appropriate name. When the characters name means something.
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Assonance
Definition
Repitition of vowel sounds
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Asyndeton
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Intentionally omitting a conjuction when you are supposed to have one
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Atmosphere
Definition
The details of the setting
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Anachronism
Definition
Out of its historical time period
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Anadiplosis
Definition
Word of phrase at the end of something that is used to begin the next phrase/clause
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Bildungsroman
Definition
Any "coming of age" novel.
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Black Humor
Definition
Very dark humor
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Cacophony
Definition
Unpleasant sounds
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Catalouging
Definition
Listing characters or information. Walt Whitman and Tim O'Brien used this.
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Catharsis
Definition
Closure
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Direct Characterization
Definition
When the author tells you what you're supposed to think
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Indirect Characterization
Definition
You come to a conclusion about the character through inference and reading development
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Flat Character
Definition
A character that doesn't show any depth or change through the book. Normally a minor character
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Round Character
Definition
Depth of character development. Normally a major character
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Dynamic Character
Definition
A change in a profound way
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Stock
Definition
Stereotypical character
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Chiasmus
Definition
When your repetition creates an X in your sentence
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Colloquial Language
Definition
Expressions that are unique to certain geographic locations
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Convention
Definition
Any of the expected elements of certain types of Fiction. I.E Gothic
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Denouement
Definition
Falling Action
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Diacope
Definition
Breaking up a sentence for repetition
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Double Entendre
Definition
Word with multiple meanings
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Elipsis
Definition
When you put "..." in a sentence
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Enjambment
Definition
When the end of a line of poetry has no punctuation so you read into the next line as one idea
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Epiphany
Definition
Realization
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Epistrophe
Definition
The repetition of a word, phrase,clause at the end of a word,phrase,clause. "A government of the people, for the people, by the people."
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Euphony
Definition
Pleasent sounds
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Euphemism
Definition
Language that sounds good but is often used to mask the truth
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Germanism
Definition
Series of hyphenated words used as one part of speech.
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Hypophora
Definition
When the speaker asks a question and proceeds to answer the question
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Malapropism
Definition
When someone uses a wrong word that sounds like the word they mean
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Metonomy
Definition
A specific type of metaphor wheere in a subject closesly accosiated with the concept becomes the representative. "The pen is mightier than the sword"
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Motif
Definition
A recurring symbol that develops a major theme.
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Onomatopoiea
Definition
Word choice that sounds like its meaning
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Oxymoron
Definition
Two words that contradict each other but the meaning in clear
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Paradox
Definition
A sentence that contradicts itself
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Parallelism
Definition
The idea that you have to be consistent with the order of things
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Physiognomy
Definition
Physical Details
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Platitude
Definition
When a charcter spouts off cliches like its fresh in their mind
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Polysyndeton
Definition
Intentionally including conjunctions when you shouldn't
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Prosopopoeia
Definition
When a character, non-present or non-living responds as if he were there
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Rhetoric
Definition
The art of using language effectively
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Syllepsis
Definition
Repetition of a word in a sentence with two different connotations. "We must hang together, or we will hang seperately"
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Symploce
Definition
The combination of anaphora and epistrophe
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Synechdoche
Definition
A type of metaphor where in a part of the whole represents the whole. "All hands on deck"
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Syntax
Definition
The order of words
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Tricolon
Definition
Repetition in 3's
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Zeitgiest
Definition
A label given to literature that accurately describes its values and morals of the time period
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Epigraph
Definition
A very specific type of allusion that precedes the work. Sets the tone and suggests the theme
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Extended metaphor
Definition
When a whole work is a metaphor
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Convention
Definition
Any of the expected elements of certain types of fiction. (For ex. Gothic Conventions)
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Denouement
Definition
Tying up the loose ends in a story. Falling action.
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Epilogue
Definition
Tying up of a character. Sometimes used by authors after a characters death. (For ex. "Requiem" in Death of a Salesman"
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En media res
Definition
Starting in the middle of the story/action. (The Odyssey)
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Flashforward
Definition
Blatantly telling what will happen in the future
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Homophone
Definition
A word that the author wants you to read with a double meaning
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Grotesque Imagery
Definition
Gruesome, graphic descriptions.
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Arabesque Imagery
Definition
Psychological/emotional details
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Loose Sentence
Definition
When the subject and verb come first in the sentence
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Interior Monologue
Definition
Characters thought process in a very organized and structured format
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that sound like its meaning
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Pathetic Fallacy
Definition
When nature represents human emotions
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Periodic Sentence
Definition
When the subject and the verb are in the end of the sentence
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Physiognomy
Definition
Physical details about a character
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Poetic License
Definition
When an author gives himself the authority to omit/add things to their writing
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1st person minor
Definition
When a character who isn't the protagonist narrates the story. (Great Gatsby, One Flew)
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1st person Major
Definition
When the protagonist narrates the story. (Huck Finn)
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3rd Person limited Omniscient
Definition
When the reader only hears the thoughts of one character. (Catcher in the Rye)
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3rd person omniscient
Definition
When the reader hears the thoughts of multiple characters. (The Scarlet Letter)
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Stream of Consciousness
Definition
When the thoughts of a character are delivered in an unorganized format
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Utilitarian
Definition
Term from the Puritan period. No fiction. All writing must have a purpose
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Verisimilitude
Definition
When something is true because the author says it is
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Vignette
Definition
Short stories
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Zeugma
Definition
When you omit a verb
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