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The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.
What is context.
100
One who does not change or grow throughout the story.
What is a Static Character?
100
Specialized vocabulary of a particular field.
What is Technical Language?
100
A long speech.
What is a monologue?
100
One who changes and grows throughout the story.
What is a Dynamic Character?
200
A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
What is Paraphrase?
200
Two lines of verse, usually joined by a rhyme, forming a unit.
What is Couplet?
200
A verse without rhyme.
What is a blank verse?
200
The use of words that imitate the sounds of the sobject they are describing.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
A group of people for whom the text is intended.
What is an Audience?
300
A state of mind or a feeling.
What is Mood?
300
The point you are trying to prove/argue.
What is a Thesis?
300
One who supports the main character in the story.
What is a Minor Character?
300
Resemblance of sound, especially in vowels.
What is Assonance?
400
Used to lead the reader smoothly from one point to the next. "On the other hand..." "In conclusion..."
What is Transition Sentences?
400
The writer's attitude toward the materials and/or the readers.
What is Tone?
400
Language you would use in professional situations.
What is Formal Language?
400
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
400
When a character speaks directly to the audience without the other characters being aware.
What is an Aside?
500
When you intend to persuade or emphasize.
What is rhetorical?
500
The act of speaking one's thoughts out loud when alone.
What is a Soliloquy?
500
Visually descriptive or figurative language.
What is Imagery?
500
The subject of a talk or piece of writing, "what it's all about."
What is a Theme?
500
One who dominates the story.
What is a Major Character?
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