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Mr.Fowler Literary terms #27-38
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9th Grade
09/24/2009

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Ficton
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prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
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Flashback
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a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to show an event from an earlier time.
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Foreshadowing
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the use of hints or clues that suggest events that haven't occured
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Free Verse
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poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern
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Haiku
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a 3-line Japanese verse form. the first and third lines have five syllables. the second line has seven.
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Hyperbole
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uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect.
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Imagery
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language that appeals to one or more of the five senses to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation
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Irony
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literary techniques that involve differences between appearance and reality
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Lyric Poetry
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personal  and musical
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Metaphor
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a comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them; it says that one thing is another
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Meter
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
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Mood
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atmosphere
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