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What is alliteration?
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The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or
syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs).
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What is onomatopoeia?
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The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they
refer to.
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What is personification?
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A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions
are endowed with human qualities or are represented as
possessing human form.
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What is rhyme?
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repetition of sounds at the ends of words
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What is figurative language?
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writing that is not meant to be taken literally
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What is an autobiography?
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a person's life story (nonfiction)
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What is a biography?
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a person's life story told by another person (nonfiction)
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What is a drama?
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fiction written to be performed by actors (plays)
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What is fiction?
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literature that is about imaginary characters and events, fake
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What is nonfiction?
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writing that presents and explains real people, places, or events,
not fake
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What is character?
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a person/animal who takes part in the action of a literary work
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What is conflict?
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a problem in a story between characters
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What is flashback?
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an interruption in fiction that relates an event from an earlier
time
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What is foreshadowing?
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the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to happen
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What is symbolism?
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When one thing represents something
else
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What is a short story?
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a brief work of fiction
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What is a myth?
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a fictional story using gods and goddesses
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What is a fable?
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a story using animal characters that teaches a
lesson
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What is an anecdote?
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a brief story about an interesting or amusing event
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What is a novel?
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a long work of fiction
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What is point of view?
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the perspective from which a story is told
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What is first person point of view?
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When the narrator is in the story, pronouns such as I and we are
used
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What is omniscient point of view?
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The narrator is all knowing
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What is suspense?
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a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome
of events in a literary work
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What is implied theme?
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a central message in a literary work that is not clearly stated,
the reader must analyze what the author is trying to teach them
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What is dialect?
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the form of a language spoken by people in a certain region
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What is genre?
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a type of literature
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What is imagery?
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a word/phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses
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What is a simile?
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comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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What is a metaphor?
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comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as