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Theme
What is the central insight or idea of a work of literature?
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Mood
What is the atmosphere in a literary work.
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Diction
What is Word Choice
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Inference
What is an Educated Guess
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Memoir
What is a type of autobiography that usually focuses on a single time period or historical event.
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Dramatic Monologue
What is a poem in which the character addresses one or more listeners who remain silent?
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Couplet
What are two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme?
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Tone
What is a writers attitude toward a subject.
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Figure of Speech
What is a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another. Most common are similes, metaphors, and symbols.
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Logical Appeal
What is trying to gain the attention of your audience using logic.
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Alliteration
What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together?
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Conflict
What is a struggle or clash between opposing forces, characters, or emotions.
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Imagery
What is Language that appeals to one or more senses - sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell.
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Similes
What is a comparison that uses the word "as?" Example: As busy as a bee.
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Emotional Appeals
What is trying to gain the attention of your audience through their emotions.
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Assonance
What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close together?
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External Conflict
What is a character struggling against outside characters or forces.
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Parable
What is a short, simple tale based on ordinary events and presents a moral lesson.
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Metaphor
What is a direct comparison that says on thing is another. Example: It's an oven outside.
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Point of View
What is the vantage point from which a writer tells their story.
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Petrarchan Sonnet
What is a 14 line poem that is divided into eight line octave and 6 line sestet?
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Internal Conflict
What is a struggle between two opposing needs, responsibility, desires, or emotions.
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Allegory
What are stories that operate on two different levels, the literal and the symbolic.
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Oxymoron
What is a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory ideas to create a strong emphasis. Example "Tough love," "Bittersweet."
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Types of Persuasive Arguments
What are Bandwagon, Jumping to Conclusions, and Useless Comparisons.