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| 6068399985 | theme | The central message or insight revealed through a literary work. | 0 | |
| 6068399986 | extended metaphor | poet builds single analogy at length (Scaffolding) |  | 1 |
| 6068399989 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words |  | 2 |
| 6068399990 | consonance | repetition of constant sounds in words |  | 3 |
| 6068399996 | tone | the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective |  | 4 |
| 6068399997 | voice | the distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book |  | 5 |
| 6068399999 | allusion | a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture |  | 6 |
| 6068400002 | connotation | the emotional associations that a word calls to mind; the implied meaning of a word |  | 7 |
| 6068400004 | flashback | use of scenes in a story that interrupt the sequence of events to reveal past occurences |  | 8 |
| 6068400005 | foreshadowing | use of clues in a story to hint at events to come |  | 9 |
| 6068400006 | characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality, physical, emotional, and psychological attributes of a character |  | 10 |
| 6068400007 | idiom | expressions that don't mean what the words say |  | 11 |
| 6068400008 | imagery | a set of mental pictures or images used to create vivid descriptions in writing or speaking |  | 12 |
| 6068400009 | metaphor | kind of expression used in speech and writing to compare things that aren't really alike. Metaphors DON'T use the words "like" or "as" |  | 13 |
| 6068400010 | parable | a brief and often simple narrative that illustrates a moral or religious lesson |  | 14 |
| 6068400011 | alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |  | 15 |
| 6068400012 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 16 |
| 6068400013 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action (round character) |  | 17 |
| 6068400014 | static character | A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end (flat character) |  | 18 |
| 6068400015 | first person point of view | Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We" |  | 19 |
| 6068400016 | second person point of view | The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly. |  | 20 |
| 6068400017 | third person point of view | A story where the narrator is not a character and the author reveals only a single character's thoughts and feelings by using pronouns such as he, she, it, they, and them. The person telling the story is on the "outside" looking in. |  | 21 |
| 6068400018 | simile | A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |  | 22 |
| 6068400019 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 23 |
| 6068400020 | rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the END of words. |  | 24 |
| 6068400021 | symbol | anything that REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE | 25 | |
| 6068400022 | sensory details | details that appeal to the 5 SENSES (sight, sound, hearing, taste, touch) | 26 | |
| 6068400023 | repetition | the use of a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence MORE THAN ONCE |  | 27 |
| 6068400024 | rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |  | 28 |
| 6068400025 | genre | a specific type of writing or literature; each has a particular style, form, and content. | 29 | |
| 6068400026 | direct characterization | the reader is told what a character is like; a speaker or narrator describes what he or she thinks about a character. | 30 | |
| 6068400027 | indirect characterization | the reader must infer what a character is like; the text provides clues through the character's words, thoughts, or actions or through other character's words, thoughts, or actions, but there is no evaluation or explanation from a narrator. | 31 | |
| 6068400028 | structure | unifying pattern or plot structure | 32 | |
| 6068400032 | external conflict | a struggle between a character and an outside force is an external conflict | 33 | |
| 6068400033 | Third-person limited | a speaker outside the action narrates the events using the third-person pronouns he, she, and they. The narrator tells the events from the perspective of one specific character, focusing on this character's thoughts and feelings. | 34 | |
| 6068400034 | Third-person omniscient | a speaker outside the action narrates the events. Not only tells what happens, but interpret events and describe the thoughts and feelings of any character. | 35 | |
| 6068400035 | diction | word choice | 36 | |
| 6068400036 | syntax | the order in which words are placed | 37 | |
| 6068400037 | rhetoric | language choices and techniques used to communicate perspective and to modify the perspectives of others | 38 | |
| 6068400040 | dialogue | conversation between characters | 39 | |
| 6068400045 | end rhyme | occurs at the end of lines of poetry | 40 | |
| 6068400046 | internal rhyme | occurs within lines of poetry | 41 | |
| 6068400048 | rhyme scheme | pattern of end rhymes in a poem | 42 | |
| 6068400049 | irony | speaker's intended central idea is far different from the usual meaning of the words | 43 | |
| 6068400051 | parallelism | repetition of similar parts of a sentence or of several sentences to show that phrases or sentences are of equal importance | 44 | |
| 6068400052 | paraphrasing | using someone else's ideas and expressing those ideas in your own words | 45 | |
| 6068400053 | analogy | a comparison; can be more extensive that a simile | 46 | |
| 6068464950 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 47 | |
| 6068464951 | antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 48 | |
| 6068468139 | colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 49 |
