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The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring sounds
What is Alliteration
100
When an author uses the characters thoughts, words, or actions to help the reader learn more about the character.
What is Characterization?
100
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word
What is Antonym
100

RACER Meaning 

Restate

Answer 

Cite 

Explain

Repeat

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A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions
What is Conflict/Problem
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An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments
What is Foreshadowing
200

Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual information (e.g., textbooks, newspapers, reports, brochures etc.).  

information text

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The message or lesson from a work.

Theme

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The perspective in which the a narrator tells a story and knows all.

Third Person Omniscient

200

 device used in literature to create expectation or general statement

generalization

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An exaggeration or overstatement
What is Hyperbole
300
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event
What is Allusion
300

fiction

Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact. Characters and events in such narratives may be based in real life, but their ultimate form and configuration is a creation of the author.  

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The turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.

What is Climax

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A literary device to present action that occurred before current (present) time of the story.  Often introduced as the dreams or recollections of one or more characters

flashback

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The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison are used
What is Metaphor
400
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning
What is Connotation
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The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic
What is Bias
400

The emotions a work evokes.  

 What is mood? 

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Words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
What is Context Clue
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The generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture

cultural significance

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A for of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy.
What is Allegory
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The author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something
What is Author's Purpose
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 The attitude of the author.

What is tone?

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The dictionary definition of a word. 

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