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“When Dawn spread her fingertips of rose…”
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What is personification?
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She was as swift as a bird in flight.
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What is simile?
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I could sleep for a thousand years.
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What is hyperbole?
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“I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.”
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What is understatement?
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Fighting a war for peace.
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What is paradox?
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Telling a story from the point of view of a narrator who is a character in the story and tells their own story; they can only see into their own mind.
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What is first person point of view?
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The author tells the audience directly about the character - we don't have to make an inference about what the character is like because the author explicitly tells us their personality traits.
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What is direct characterization?
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The heroic narrator or character in a story; we root for them
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What is protagonist?
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This type of character experiences growth and change throughout the plot of a story.
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What is a dynamic character?
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Telling a story from the point of view of a narrator who can see into the mind of just one other character.
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What is third person objective point of view?
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This part of the plot line is where the main conflict of the story is introduced.
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What is inciting incident?
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Something that is repeated or reoccurs within a work of literature--it could be a symbol, a phrase, a word, a character archetype, an image, etc.
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What is motif?
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Dying of thirst while on a boat in the ocean surrounded by water.
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What is situational irony?
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A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
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What is literary foil?
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This part of the plot line begins with the story's resolution and literally means (in French) "the action of untying"—it's where everything wraps up.
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What is denouement?
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“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;�A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
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What is alliteration?
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Bang! Crack! Boom!
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What is onomatopoeia?
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In this type of conflict, the main character challenges a law, tradition, or institution. The main character or characters may battle against the forces that represent these institutions.
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What is person vs. society conflict?
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The associations and meanings we have with a word that go beyond the dictionary definition of the word.
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What is connotation?
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In this type of conflict, the central character clashes with another entity. It doesn't always have to be a person. It could be a witch, a robot, an animal, etc.
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What is person vs. person conflict?
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This is the emotional atmosphere of a literary piece--it's the emotional vibe the author is trying to send readers.
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What is mood?
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An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype.
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What is archetype?
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The Walking Dead; your only choice; act naturally
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What is oxymoron?
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DAILY DOUBLE!
He had Herculean strength.
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What is allusion?
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A character says “Nice day, today!” during a blizard.
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What is a verbal irony?
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