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Alliteration
Same letter or sound repeating in a sentence
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Allusion
Expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
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Analogy
Comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation
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Antagonist
Person who actively opposes or is hostile to protagonist
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Author’s Purpose
The author’s reason for or intent in writing
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Author’s Style
Literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words
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Claim (Thesis Statement)
The topic that sets up your argument
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Conflict (general definition)
Dispute, quarrel, disagreement
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Direct Characterization
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Consists of the author telling the audience what a character is like
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Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows something the characters don’t
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Dynamic Character
Character that changes throughout the story
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Evidence (Thesis Statement)
Factual information that shows a claim true
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External Conflict
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Conflict that happens on the outside
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Flat Character
Characters that do not change throughout the story
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Foreshadowing
A warning or indication of a future event
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Hook (intro paragraph)
An opening statement (first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader’s attention
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Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
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Indirect Characterization
Literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly
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In-Text Citations
An acknowledgement you include in your text whenever you quote or paraphrase a source
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Internal Conflict
Conflict that happens inside a character
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Irony
Expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
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Metaphor
Word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Mood/Atmosphere
The overall emotion and atmosphere the author intends the reader to feel while reading the book
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Motif
Distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artist or literary composition
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Narrator
Person that tells the story in third person
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Onomatopoeia
Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
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Oxymoron
Apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
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Paradox
Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
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Paragraph Structure (PEEL)
Group of related sentences that support one main idea
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Personification
Attribution of personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
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Direct Plagiarism
Using someone else’s work without paraphrasing
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Echo Plagiarism
Reworking someone else’s work to disguise it as one’s own
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Ghost Plagiarism
Fails to reference another author who willingly contributes to the work
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Patchwork Plagiarism
Using someone else’s work and weaving it together with the author’s ideas
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Self Plagiarism
Recycling the author’s own work misleadingly
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POV
Narrator’s position in relation to a story being told
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Protagonist
Leading character or one of the major characters in a story
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Pun
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
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Quote Blending
Your words blend right into those of the author, as if the author’s words dropped right into one of your sentences
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Ethos
Used to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character
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Logos
To appeal to the audience’s sense of reason or logic
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Pathos
To persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel
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Round Character
Deep and layered character in a story
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Setting
Time and Place of the story
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Simile
Comparison of two things using like or as
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Situational Irony
When the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected
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Static Character
Character that doesn’t change from the start of the story through to the end
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Stereotypical Character
Character based on common social or literary stereotypes
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Symbolism
Symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts
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Synecdoche
Part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
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Theme
Subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition
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Thesis Statement
Sentence that sums up the central point of your paper or essay
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Tone
General character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
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Tragic Flaw
Character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy
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Tragic Hero
Protagonist of a tragedy
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Verbal Irony
Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning