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| 7515544115 | dialect *ex:* Regional dialects - Southern California: "Dude", "Literally", "Like"; Northern California: "Hella" | a form of speech characteristic of a particular region or class, differing from the standard language in *pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical form* | 0 | |
| 7515548880 | colloquial *ex:* "Wack", "YOLO", "What's up dog", "Swag" | refers to a type of informal diction that reflects casual, conversational language and often includes *slang expressions* | 1 | |
| 7515552040 | dialogue *ex:* Shakespeare plays, Friends, The Office | written conversation between 2 or more characters which is used to bring characters to life and give readers insight into their personality traits/qualities | 2 | |
| 7515555315 | alliteration *ex:* Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shores | sound device that is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables (at least 3 or more) | 3 | |
| 7515560261 | assonance *ex:* Wam bam thank you ma'am; The alligator ate Al; The cat in the hat sat | sound device that is the repetition of the *vowel* sounds within words | 4 | |
| 7515563230 | consonance *ex:* The big brown bear bit me. | sound device that is the repetition of *consonant* sounds within words | 5 | |
| 7515566626 | syntax *ex:* Shakespeare/Yoda: Inverted syntax - "I rode the bus" --> "Rode the bus I" | word order | 6 | |
| 7515569318 | style *ex:* Shakespeare: Iambic pentameter (5 stressed, 5 unstressed syllables); Margaret Atwood: doesn't use quotation marks for dialogue | way in which a piece of literature is written/refers not to what is said but to how it is said/produced by *word choice, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all possible parts of language use* | 7 | |
| 7515573294 | denotation *ex:* Hollywood --> place; Flag --> piece of cloth to represent something | strict, literal meaning of a word / *definition* | 8 | |
| 7515576113 | connotation *ex:* Hollywood --> fame, gossip, scandal; Flag --> patriotism, justice | emotional associations surrounding a word as opposed to the dictionary definition/suggested or implied meaning of a word (based on *personal or universal experience*) | 9 |
