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Mr Smith
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12th Grade
05/20/2009

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Allegory
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A tale in verse or prose in which chatacters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities
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Alliteration
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The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants or consonat clusters, in a group of words
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Allusion
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A reference to a person, place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize
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Antagonist
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A person or force opposing the protagonist in a narritive; rival of the hero
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Assonance
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The repetition of similar vowel sounds, ecpecially in poetry
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Atmosphere
Definition
the mood or feeling of a literary work
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Autobiography
Definition
A person's account of their own life
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Biography
Definition
A detailed account of a person's life written by another person
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Blank Verse
Definition
Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Carpe Diem
Definition
seize the day
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Climax
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The point of greatest interest
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Rising Action
Definition
action leading to the climax
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Falling Action or Resolution
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All action after the climax
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Conflict
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A struggle between two opposing forces or chacaters
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Connotation
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All the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse
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Consonance
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words
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Couplet
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Two lines of poetry that rhyme
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Denotation
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The dictionary meaning of a word
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Exposition
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That Part of a narrative in which important background info is reavealed
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Figurative Language
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Language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense
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Figure of Speech
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A word or expression thats not meant on a literal sense
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Foil
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A character who sets off another character by contrast
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Free Verse
Definition
Verse that has no metrical patteren
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Iambic Pentameter
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A poetic line consisting of five verse feet
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In Medias Res
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A technique of plunging into the middle of a story
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Meter
Definition
regular patteren of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of a word whose sound in some degree suggests its meaning
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech
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Paradox
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A statement reveals a kind of truth
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Plot
Definition
The sequence of events or actions
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Point of View
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The point from which a narrative is told
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Pun
Definition
Use of a word or phrase to suggest 2 or more meanings
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Satire
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Writing that holds up to ridicule
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Scansion
Definition
The analysis of verse in terms under meter
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theme
Definition
genereal idea about life the writer wishes to express
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