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9th Grade
11/12/2013

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Jargon

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Gibberish, a language that can not be understood
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Limited omniscient POV

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A narrator that is limited to one character either major or minor
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Lyric

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Poetry, song lyrics, maybe words being sang.
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Metaphor

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A fiqure of speech, something not meant literally.
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Mood

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An emotion or feeling of a person
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Narration

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Reciting a story or play.
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Narrative

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The happenings of a story. Purpose is to entertain the reader.
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Narrator

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The person that tells the story.
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Objective point of view

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  1. With the objective point of view, the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be assumed from the story's action and dialogue. 
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Omniscient point of view

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A narrator who knows everything about all the characters is all knowing, or omniscient
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Onomatopoeia

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A word for a sound 

Ex: Achoo, Meow, Arf, Pssst

 

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Oxymoron

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A pairing of two words that mean the opposite.
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Paradox

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A statement that seems to go agains, itself but is proven to be true.
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Personification

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To give human charateristics to something that isnt human ( Animals, nature, ect.)
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Persuasion

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To be convinced.
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Plot

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A storyline.
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 Point of View

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An opinion

Or the postition of a narrator.

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Propaganda

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Usually a biased or misleading type of information.
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Protagonist

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A leading character or hero.
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