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Alliteration
Repetition of the same sounds
\- Helps create tone
\- Helps create tone
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Analogy
Comparing two unlike things that share a similar quality and explains it
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Ex: You are like a strawberry __because__ you are sunburnt
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Ex: You are like a strawberry __because__ you are sunburnt
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Ancedote
Short story used to make a point
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
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Caesura
Long pause for dramatic effect
\- Creates reflection or suspense
\- Creates reflection or suspense
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Direct Characterization
Directly tells you how the character is
\- She is happy because she is smiling
\- She is happy because she is smiling
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Indirect characterization
“Show” descriptions
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Static/Flat character
Character that does not change much throughout the story
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Round character
Complex and well developed character
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Character traits
Social, Intellectual, Moral, Physical
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Consonance
Repetitive sounds created by consonants within a phrase
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Denotation
Dictionary definition of a word
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Connotation
Emotional meaning of a word
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Local color
terms/words used that matches the time period or geography
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Imagery
Words that create a picture in the readers mind
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Logical Fallacy
Error in the reasoning that makes the argument invalid
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Ad hominem
Skirts the issue by attacking the person
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Band wagon
doing something because everyone else is doing it
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Straw man
when the writer or speaker distorts the counter argument
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Illogical cause and effect
Something that doesnt make sense
Ex: I ate an apple this morning therfore I had a bad day
Ex: I ate an apple this morning therfore I had a bad day
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Metaphor
Comparing 2 or more unlike things that shares a quality
\- does not explain why
Example: You are a strawberry
\- does not explain why
Example: You are a strawberry
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Meter
Rhythmic pattern created through syllables
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Motif
The overarching theme
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Onomatopoeia
Word sounds like its definition
Ex: Boom, Smash, Slam
Ex: Boom, Smash, Slam
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Oxymoron
2 opposite things that make sense together
Ex: Jumbo Shrimp, Icy Hot
Ex: Jumbo Shrimp, Icy Hot
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Personification
Giving human traits to something non human
\- The leaves __danced__ in the wind
\- The leaves __danced__ in the wind
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Universal conflicts
\- Man vs Man
\- Man vs Self
\- Man vs Society
\- Man vs Nature
\- Man vs Self
\- Man vs Society
\- Man vs Nature
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Plot parts
1\. Exposition
2\. Rising Action
3\. Climax
4\. Falling action
5\. Resolution
2\. Rising Action
3\. Climax
4\. Falling action
5\. Resolution
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Third person **Omnscient**
Sees all hears all
\-Narrarator knows how the characters are feeling
\-Narrarator knows how the characters are feeling
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Third Person limited
Narrator knows what the character is doing but does not know what they are thinking
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Third person subjective
Narrator knows what the character is thinking
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Similie
Comparing things using like or as
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Symbol
Object or color used to represent an idea
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Syntax
The way words are placed in a sentence
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Theme
What the author wants you to know
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Tone
Authors attitude toward a topic