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| Conversations between two or more people |
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| The naming part of the sentence (person, place, thing or idea) |
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| the person telling the story |
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| The point of greatest interest in a story |
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| A repetition of the same sound or the same kind of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables |
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| A comparison used to explain an idea or support an argument |
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| The aim or central point of the story |
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| To inform, to entertain, or to persuade (the reason an author writes) |
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| A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
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| A word or phrase used to express emotion |
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| The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb |
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| The writer's attitude toward his or her subject |
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| A phrase consisting of a preposition, its objects (which is usually a noun or a pronoun), and any modifiers |
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| A word that corresponds with another in terminal sound, as behold and cold |
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| A person who is opposed to, struggles against or competes with another |
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| A word that is formed by connecting two base words |
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| A brief summary of the plot of a novel |
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| The order in which events happen in time |
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| The point in a work of literature in which the main conflict is worked out |
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| A word that takes the place of a noun |
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| A word used to join words or groups of words |
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| The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea |
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| The lines or passages in a script that are intended to be spoken (Ex "Hi" she said) between characters in a drama or narrative |
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| A figure of speech that makes a comparison without using "Like" or "As" |
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| A word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun |
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| Literature that contains unreal elements |
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| A person represented in a drama, story, etc |
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| Words and phrases that help readers see, hear, smell, and feel what a writer is describing |
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| The act, process, or technique of describing in which a writer helps a reader create mental pictures or scenes, events, or characters |
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| A figure of speech that makes a comparison using "Like" or "As" |
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| The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
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| A struggle between opposing forces |
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| Words that appeal to readers' senses; things that help a reader imagine how something looks, feels, smells sounds or taste |
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| The events in the story; the problem, climax, resolution (solution) |
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| The time and place of the action of a story |
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| Conversations between two or more people |
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| The way a writer creates and develops characters' personalities |
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