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The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring sounds
What is Alliteration
100
One or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form
What is Affix
100
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word
What is Antonym
100
A person, animal or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work
What is Character
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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
The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another
What is Analysis
200
The position or claim the author establishes. Arguments should be supported with valid evidence and reasoning and balanced by the inclusion of counterarguments that illustrate opposing viewpoints
What is Argument/Position
200
The generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture
What is Cultural Importance
200
To make understandable, plain or clear
What is Explain
300
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

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A written account of another person's life
What is Biography
300

The turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense. Typically, the structure of stories, novels, and plays is one of the rising action, in which tension builds 

What is Climax

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Place together characters, situations, or ideas to show common and/or differing features in literary selections
What is Compare/Contrast
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The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison are used
What is Metaphor
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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
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The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities
What is Characterization
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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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A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness
What is Satire
500
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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Support provided to mark an assertion as reasonable
What is Defense of a Claim
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Traits that mark a work as imaginative or narrative discourse

What is Elements of Fiction

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