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"A"
"E&F"
"S&D"
" H&I&O"
"L&M&P&R"
100
Assonance
The repetitive of vowel sounds in words that are close.
100
Exposition
The kind of writing that explains or gives information.
100
Drama
A work of literature meant to be performed for an audience of actors.
100
Onomatopoeia
The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest meaning.
100
Paraphrase
A rewriting of a passage in different words (your own words)
200
Authors purpose
The reason(s) an author wrote a particular text.
200
Flashback
A part of the story, poem, play, or movie that presents events that happened at an earlier time.
200
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
200
Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality.
200
Relative
Considered in comparison with something else; dependent or interconnected.
300
Alliteration
repeated consonant sounds sounds in a phrase or sentence.
300
Figuritive
Language that is not meant to be taken literally.
300
Satire
A literary work in which vices, stupidities, and abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt.
300
Imagery
Details that appeal to the senses.
300
Personification
Assigning human qualities
400
Analogy
A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
400
Foreshadowing
Giving hints or clues that suggest or prepare for events that occur later in a work.
400
Suspense
A state of anxious anticipation, expectation, pr uncertainty; suspense creates tension and maintains interest.
400
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration.
500
Allusion
A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event.
500
Euphemism
A less emotionally powerful word or phrase used in a place of one that might be offensive.
500
Dialect
A version of a language spoken by people of a particular place, time, or group.