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IB english Vocab
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11th Grade
11/29/2009

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Allegory
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A story that corresponds to another situation at a deeper level.For example Animal farm links a regular farm to the story of the Russian Revolution
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Alliteration
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Repetition of a consanant at the begining of each word,usually close together. For example Dawn goes down today."
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Allusion
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A reference to another event ,person,place, or work of literature. In Pirates of the Carribean they make references to the story of Davy Jones
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Antithesis
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Contrasting ideas by balancing words of opposite menings and idea.
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Atmosphere
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The place in which the story is taking place in
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Cesura
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A break or pause within  line of poetry by comma or full stop or unmarked puse.
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Diction
Definition
The writers choice of vocab
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
Form of irony when the audience knows more about the situation at hand than the characters themselves.
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Genre
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A specific type or kind of literature,such as drama ,prose,poetry,essay
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Hyperbole
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A deliberate exageration for various effects
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Imagery
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The literary feature used to create concrete descriptions.
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Irony
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It is a gap or mismatch of what is being said.
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Metaphor
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A technique used to compare terms without using like or as
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Metre
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The organization of lines of verses intro regular patterns of stressed and unstressed sylables
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Mood
Definition
A fr character's frame
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