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11th Grade
10/01/2009

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Exposition
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the part of the story that introduces the setting characters and conflict.
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Falling Action
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events that occur after te climax
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First Person Observer
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the (pov) in which the narrator is a secondary,character in the plot telling the story about the protagonist using first person pronoun
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First Person Participant
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the (pov) in which makes character tells the story using first person pronouns.
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Imaery
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paintin visual pictures with words
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Irony
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a contrast between what is expected and what really occurs.
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Metaphor
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an implied comparison where one thing is spoken of as if it something else
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objective
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the story is told without understanding any character's thoughts about the events
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onomatopoeia
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words that imitate sound, words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
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Personification
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a figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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Anthrapornonphication
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to make human
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