the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax
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Irony
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using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of is literal or normal meaning.
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Antithesis
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an opposition, or contrast, of ideas.
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climax
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decisive moment in a plot
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Transition
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A transition is a word or phrase that helps the flow, unity, or clarity of from one word, phrase, clause, sentence or paragraph to another.
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mood
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sentence type that indicates the speaker's view towards the degree of reality of what is being said, for example subjunctive, indicative, imperative
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Action
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what happens in a story: the events or conflicts.
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person
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grammatical category that identifies people in a conversation; there are three persons:
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Personification
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a literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person.
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Plot Line
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the graphic display of the action or events in a story.
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Understatement
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stating an idea with restraint to emphasize what is being talked about.
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Narration
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writing that relates an event or a series of events.
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Figure of Speech
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a literary device used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison.
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Setting
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the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs
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Hyperbole
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an exaggeration, or overstatement.
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Simple Sentences
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A simple sentence contains one subject and one main verb; it contains one independent clause.
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Foil
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someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character.
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Adverb
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The part of speech (or word class) that is primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
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helping verb
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another term for auxiliary verb
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Topic Sentences
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The topic sentence is a sentence that sets out the main idea or topic of a paragraph.
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Simile
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a comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison is used.
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Falling Action
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the action of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax
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series
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list of items in a sentence
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Text
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A text is a body of language; it could consist of a single word like 'Ladies' or 'Gentlemen' on a toilet door right up to a complete book and can be either written or spoken.
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indirect object
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noun phrase representing the person or thing indirectly affected by the action of the verb; see also direct object
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object
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thing or person affected by the verb; see also direct object and indirect object
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dialogue
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conversation between two or more people
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Tone
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the overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer's use of words.
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Resolution
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the portion of the story where the problem is solved.
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Foreshadowing
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giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a story.
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Protagonist
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the main character or hero of the story.
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Theme
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the statement about life a particular work is trying to get across to the reader.
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used.
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plural
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of a noun or form indicating more than one person or thing;
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participle
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verb form that can be used as an adjective or a noun;
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Conjunction
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The part of speech (or word class) that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
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Stanza
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When a poem is divided into groups of lines, often with a regular pattern, these groups are known as stanzas or verses.
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Agreement
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The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number, and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person, number, and gender.
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Rhyme
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When words at the end of lines of poetry have the same sound so that they work together to produce an effect, the poem has a rhyme.
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function
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purpose or "job" of a word form or element in a sentence
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Antagonist
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the person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work.
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Imagery
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the words or phrases a writer selects to create a certain picture in the reader's mind.
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Myth
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a traditional story that attempts to explain a natural phenomenon or justify a certain practice or belief of a society.
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Scanning
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Scanning a text is a reading technique where the reader looks for specific information rather than trying to absorb all the information
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Figurative Language
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language used to create a special effect or feeling.
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Adjective
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The part of speech (or word class) that modifies a noun or a pronoun
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Point of View
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the vantage point from which the story is told
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Poetry
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Poetry is language where rhythm is an essential part of the communicative act, where words are used in a way similar to music to create an effect on the reader or listener
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aspect
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feature of some verb forms that relates to duration or completion of time
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Word
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A word is the smallest unit of a language that can exist on its own in either written or spoken language.
