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| 6758143837 | connotation | NOT dictionary definition (denotation) but the associations suggested by a word. -Implied meaning rather than literal meaning. EX: "policeman" and "cop" both refer to a police officer EX: "home" refers to a place where you and your family live (connotation to house" | 0 | |
| 6758143838 | denotation | The literal, explicit meaning of a word EX: police officer: a person having officer rank on a police force. EX: house: a building in which people live; residence for human beings. | 1 | |
| 6758143839 | conflict (internal/external) | internal: psychological struggle within the mind of a character whose resolution generally creates the plots suspense EX: Should I eat the last cookie or not? external: struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character which drives the action of the plot EX:Harry Potter and Voldemort | 2 | |
| 6758143840 | diction | Word choice -describe the type of diction when writing EX: medical diction: The patient has experienced acute trauma to the right femur, and must have surgery stat. (The patient has hurt their right upper leg bone and needs surgery.) EX: conversational diction: "What's Up? ("How are you?") | 3 | |
| 6758143841 | didactic | term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking EX: Aesop's Fables EX: Northanger Abbey (Jane Austin) | 4 | |
| 6758143842 | euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. -Sometimes used for political correctness. EX: "Physically challenged," in place of "crippled." -to exaggerate correctness to add humor. EX: "Vertically challenged" in place of "short." | 5 | |
| 6758143843 | extended metaphor | when the metaphor is continued later in the written work. EX: If I continued to call my feet "my popsicles" in later paragraphs EX: if her ears continue to be as "red as as a tomato" later on -particularly elaborate extended metaphor is called using conceit. EX: fit as a fiddle | 6 | |
| 6758143844 | figurative language | the opposite of "Literal Language (writing that makes complete sense when you take it at face value) -writing that is not meant to be taken literally EX: personification: the teddy bear smiled as the little girl hugged it close. EX: simile: the sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky | 7 | |
| 6758143845 | figure of speech | type of figurative language that means something aside from its literal meaning EX: alliteration: sally sells sea shells by the sea shore EX: hyperbole: it cost a billion dollars | 8 | |
| 6758143846 | genre | The major category into which a literary work fits: prose, poetry, and drama. -subdivided as well EX: poetry can be classified into lyric, dramatic, narrative, etc. EX: prose can be classified into fiction and nonfiction | 9 |
