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05/26/2013

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Soliloquy
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The act of talking while, or as if, alone.
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Oral tradition
Definition
A community's cultural and historical traditions passed down by word of mouth
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Hyperbole
Definition
Obvious and intentional exaggeration.
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Dialect
Definition
A special variety of a language
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Anecdote
Definition
Short narratives that add human interest
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Blank Verse
Definition
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines.
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Essay
Definition
Short nonfiction work about a particular subject
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Meter
Definition
Poem’s rhythmical pattern
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Prose
Definition
Ordinary form of written language
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Tanka
Definition
Consists of five unrhymed lines with a pattern of five, seven, five, seven, seven seven syllables
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Allusion
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A reference to a well known work, person, or place.
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Description
Definition
A portrait in words
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Haiku
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A three line poem with the first and third lines having five syllables, and the second having seven syllables.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Use of words that imitate sounds.
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Simile
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A figure of speech that compares two unlike ideas using like or as.
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Autobiography
Definition
history of a persons life written or told by that person.
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Dramatic Poem
Definition
form of writing that expresses emotion.
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Lyric Poem
Definition
a short poem of songlike quality
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Poetry
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A piece of literature written in meter.
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Suspense
Definition
the state of being undecided or undetermined.
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Climax
Definition
High point of the story, novel, or play
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Fantasy
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Is a type of writing when the author uses many ideas that do not exist
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motivation
Definition
The reason why somebody or something does an action
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Rhyme
Definition
Repetition of the end of words that sound similar
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Tone
Definition
Its is the attitude that the writer has towards his audience at a specific moment
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of a vowel sound in conjunctions with dissimilar consonant sounds.
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
words or actions of a character mean something different to the reader than to the character.
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Legends
Definition
Traditional Story
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PERSUASION
Definition
Writing or speech that attempts to persuade.
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Stanza
Definition
Group of lines in a poem considered to be a unit.
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Apostrophe
Definition
A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”
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Dynamic Character
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One who changes in the course of a work.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur.
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Imagism
Definition
Literary movement that flourished between 1912 and 1927
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Monologue
Definition
A speech given delivered entirely by one person or character
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Slant Rhyme
Definition
rhyming sounds are similar, but not exact.
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Biography
Definition
A written account of another person’s life
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Epic
Definition
a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes.
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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something, used to suggest a resemblance
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Point of View
Definition
Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told
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Symbol
Definition
Anything that stands for, or represents, something else
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ANTAGONIST
Definition
The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work
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DIALOGUE
Definition
Conversation between characters
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IMAGE
Definition
Word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses
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PARABLE
Definition
A short, simple story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson
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SONNET
Definition
Fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter
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Atmosphere
Definition
Also called the mood, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
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Dramatic Monologue
Definition
poetic form in which a single character addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment.
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Literal
Definition
Being the primary meaning of the word or words.
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Plot
Definition
The sequence of events in which each event results from a previous event.
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Surprise Ending
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A conclusion that is unexpected by the reader.
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Consonance
Definition
the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables.
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Foil
Definition
a character who provides a contrast to another character
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Narrative Poem
Definition
a poem that tells a story
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Science Fiction
Definition
Writing that tells about imaginary events that involve science or technology.
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Verbal Irony
Definition
a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
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Anticlimax
Definition
The turning point in a story.
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Diction
Definition
The word choice
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Imagery
Definition
Descriptive language that is used in literature to create word pictures for readers.
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Parody
Definition
A humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing.
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Speaker
Definition
The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of the poem.
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Conflict
Definition
A collision, or disagreement. A clash, or opposition.
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Fiction
Definition
An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented
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Myth
Definition
A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society.
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
The arrangement of rhymes in a poem or stanza.
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Tragedy
Definition
A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances
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Characterization
Definition
the act of creating and devoloping a character
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Extended Metaphor
Definition
when something is described as something else using several comparisons.
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Moral
Definition
A lesson taught by a story
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Repetition
Definition
Using a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence more than once.
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Theme
Definition
The central message that comes from the story.
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Consonance
Definition
An Accord or Agreement
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Foreshadowing
Definition
To show or indicate beforehand
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Narrative Poem
Definition
a poem that tells a story and has character, setting, conflict, and plot
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Sensory Language
Definition
Language that uses words from the 5 senses
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