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Theme

A recurring idea connected to the underlying meaning in a piece of writing

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Subtext

The implied underlying message or meaning of a written text

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Diction

Writers word choice

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Syntax

The way a writer structures sentences

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Motivation

The reason behind a characters action or behavior

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Juxtaposition

The intentional placement of different elements of a story side by side in order to draw attention to the similarities or differences.

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Direct characterization

When an author character or narrator explicitly describes a character

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Indirect characterization

When an author reveals a character through what they say do think or interact with

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First person

Told from the pronoun I

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Second person

Told primarily from pronoun you

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Third person limited

Written with he she they but narrator is limited to the perspective of a character or few

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Third Person Omniscient

Story written or told using he she they by a narrator who describes thought and feeling of any character

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Fable

Short work of fiction on that teaches lesson or moral often featuring animals as characters

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Satire

Writing that aims to criticize the foolishness ir corruption of something through humor exaggeration and or irony

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Euphemism

A mild word or phrase substituted for one considered to be inappropriate unpleasant or embarrassing

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Propaganda

Biased or misleading info used to promote a particular political cause

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Counterclaim

A claim used to argue against a previous claim.

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Dramatic irony

When the reader or audience knows something that the character doesn’t

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Situational irony

An occasion in which the outcome is different than from what was expected

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Verbal irony

A person who says one thing and means another

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Rhetoric

Language intended to have a persuasive effect in the audience

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Ethos

Rhetoric that relies on the authority or credibility of the persuader and or supporters of the persuader

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Pathos

Rhetoric that relies on appealing to the audience or readers emotions

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Logos

Rhetoric that relies on reason and logic often using facts and data

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Vignette

A brief descriptive piece of narrative writing generally set within a larger text

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Parallelism

Repetition of an entire phrase or gramatical structure of an entire phrase

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Character versus character

Conflict between protagonist and another character

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Character vs nature

Conflict between a character and elements of the natural world

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Character vs self

Conflict within a characters mind often resolving around a difficult choice

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Character vs society

Conflict between a character and the expectations or not is in their community

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Understatement

intentionally presenting as less significant than it really is

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Florid

Elaborate or excessively intricate

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Unreliable narrator

A characters story that is not complete accurate as narrator is not mentally complete

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bildungsroman

A coming of age story focuses on the growth and development of a young protagonist

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Deus ex machina the god in the machine

An unexpected character or event that appears at the end of a story to settle conflict

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Rhetorical question

When a question is asked for a point instead of an answer

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dialect

a regional variety of language distinguished by vocab, grammar and punctuation

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exposition

the part of the story from the narrator or author that gives background info

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plot

action of a story

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archetype

characters or situations recognized throughout times and cultures

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Frame story

A story within a story told by a character

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Pun

a joke using the different meanings of a word or fact 2 words soudn the same, yet have different meanings

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Double entendre

a pun with a vulgar double meaning

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oxymoron

a figure of speech with apparently contradictory terms appearing together

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Foreshadow

hints about what will happen later in the book

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Slur

a word or phrase meant to hurt a person focusing on their idntitiy

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cliche

unoriginal phrase or trope

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Foil

the use of a character who contrasts with another to reveal the qualities or traits of the other

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Synthesis

writing that combines multiple sources or idea to make a good point.

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dystopia

an imagined future or alterante version of the present where the world is worse than present day reality

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motif

something (image, type language, action) with symbolic significance that shows up repeatedly in a story in different ways to contribute to the development of a theme.

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tropes

motifs characters situations within a genre of literature

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style

the choices an author makes in his or her writing that makes it distinct

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dialouge

conversation between two or more character generally designated by quotation marks

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narrative

a spoken or written account of a series connected events

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alliteration

the intentional repetition of the same letter or sound at beginning of two or more words

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stream of consciousness

writing in which a character’s thoughts and experiences are depicted in a continuous uninterrupted flow

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imagery

words and language that can be pictured in the mind of the reader

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repetition

repeating of words phrases or sentences to draw attention to emphasize an idea

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allusion

a reference to recognizable people places or items outside of the context of the text.

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inference

a guess or conclusions based on evidence

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explicit

stated clearly and in detail with no room for confusion or doubt

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abstract

existing as a thought or idea that is hard or almost impossible to imagine

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symbolism

an important person object or event in a story connected to a deeper meaning of the story

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seminal

an important document character or event that has a strong influence on later decisions

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allegory

a story in which the characters objects and events symbolically represent particular morals religious or political ideas outside the context of the story

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connotation

the emotional impact of a word beyond the literal meaning

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denotation

how the dictionary defines the word

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tone

an authors attitude towards a subject

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mood

the feeling or emotions evoked by an authors choices of words

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literal

the original or basic meaning of a word or phrase

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figurative language

words that describe creatively more than literally.

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Metaphor

a comparison in which an object is described by something else with a shared characteristic

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simile

a comparison with words like or as

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hyperbole

exaggeration for humor or emphasis

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personification

human traits on non human things

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Onomatopoeia

word matching the sound described

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