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adjective clause
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a dependent clause that modifies a noun;The children "who are on the bus"
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allegory
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story in which people, things and actions represent an idea about life; often have a strong moral or lesson.
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Alliteration
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repetition of initial consonant sounds in words, i.e. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
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allusion
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A figure of speech making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event
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analogous
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similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered similar
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analogy
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comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them
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antithesis
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Establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together. exact opposite; "his theory is the oppositr of mine"
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Apostrophe
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Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. Hamlet's monologue; "O World, I cannot hold thee close enough"
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appositive phrase
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follows the noun or pronoun it modifies and amplifies or restricts its meaning; The chief surgeon, an expert in organ-transplant procedures, took her nephew on a hospital tour
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assertive sentence
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states a fact; I am a student
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Assonance
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the repeated use of a vowel sound; "Moses supposes his toeses are roses."
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ballad stanza
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Quatrain; four-line stanza, the second and fourth lines rhyme; the first and third lines, do not rhyme.
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blank verse
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poetry having a regular meter, but no rhyme. Shakespeare's sonnets, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Robert Frost
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circumlocution
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the use of more words than necessary to express an idea
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classicism
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17th and 18th centuries derived from the ancient Greeks and Romans
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comma splice
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a punctuation error in which a comma with no conjunction joins two independent clauses
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complex sentence
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an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses; since, after, although,when, that, who, or which
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complex-compound sentence
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A sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
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compound sentence
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contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator; for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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consonance
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repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels, i.e. "stroke of luck"
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context clues
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Information surrounding a word or phrase that gives clues to its meaning
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couplet
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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
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dactylic hexameter
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lines made from six ("hexa") feet; associated with epic poetry in both Greek and Latin, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
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dangling modifier
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word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence; Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on. Who turned on the tv
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dependent clause
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a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence
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elegy
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a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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elision
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Omitting a vowel (th’object)
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enjambment
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A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause
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epigram
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a short poem, often with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement.
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epitaph
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a short text honoring a deceased person
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euphamism
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The use of a word or phrase to replace another and that is considered less offensive or less vulgar; use "pass away" for "to die"
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fable
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legend: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
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faulty parellelism
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a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses; he liked to play (playing) basketball and riding horses
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feminine rhyme
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When words of two or more syllables rhyme it is known as double rhyme; fruity, picky, tricky, sticky
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Folktale
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a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk including legends, ghost stories, fairy tales, Fables
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forced rhyme
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An unnatural rhyme that forces a rhyme where it should not otherwise be.
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foreshadowing
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subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story
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free verse
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poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme
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generic male pronouns
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use of male pronouns his him
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graphophonics
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Connecting the sound of letters or words to the shape of letters or words
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hypyerbole
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Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; I waited an eternity
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iambic pentameter
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a line made up of five pairs of short/long, or unstressed/stressed, syllables da dum da dum da dum da dum da dum
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iambic tetrameter
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a line consisting of four iambic feet. da dum da dum da dum da dum
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imperative sentence
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gives a command, makes a request, or express a wish; go to your room
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independent clause
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a clause that can stand by itself as a grammatically viable simple sentence
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Internal monologue
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inner voice
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invective
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writing that abuses, denounces, or attacks
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inversion
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reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence ; “worlds between”.
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ironic
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dry: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely
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main/subordinate clauses
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independent/dependent clause
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masculine rhyme
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A rhyme occurring in words of one syllable or in an accented final syllable: cat/hat, desire/fire, observe/deserve.
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metaphor
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makes a comparison between two things that are different but have something in common; does not contain the words like or as
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mixed metaphor
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a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect often illogically
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mock epic/mock heroic
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Treating a frivolous or minor subject seriously
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modeling
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A form of learning that occurs as a result of watching and imitating others
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modernism
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late nineteenth and early twentieth century; makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
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neo classicism
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revival of a classical style but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
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non-restrictive clause
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Clauses tell you something about a preceding subject, but they do not limit, or restrict, the meaning of that subject; adds more info about the subject
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Nostalgia
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severe longing for home or familiar surroundings
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noun clause
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a dependent clause that can be used in the same way as a noun or pronoun
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Novel
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invented prose narrative; long, complex, and deals with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
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ode
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A complex, generally long lyric poem on a serious subject. honoring a person, a place or a thing
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onomatopoeia
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words are used to imitate sounds; buzz, hiss, clippety-clop, cock-a-doodle-do
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orthographic
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The set of rules of how to write correctly with the proper letters and spelling
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oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect; deafening silence
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pathetic fallacy
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attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun'
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personification
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nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes
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prepositional phrase
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phrase beginning with a preposition;at home, in time
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Romance
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a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural
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romaticism
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18th Century artistic and intellectual movement which stressed emotion, freedom and individual imagi
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Satire
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literary technique of writing or art which ridicules its subject with the intended means of provoking or preventing change
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schematic
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use of prior knowledge that the reader brings to the text to infer the meaning of an unknown word
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semantic feature analysis
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a grid to help you explore how a set of things are related to one another
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semantics
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A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words
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sestina
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consists of thirty-nine lines; six six-line stanzas, usually ending with a triplet.rotating repetition of the same end words
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Simile
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figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (`like' or `as')
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simple sentence
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contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought
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sonnet
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poem of 14 lines long with the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde
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split infinitive
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a word or phrase comes between the marker "to"; to boldly go.
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stanza
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a unit within a larger poem
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syntactic
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hints based on syntax that help a reader decode and comprehend a text; When readers read "Once upon a. . .", their knowledge helps them predict that the next word will be "time
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tribute
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something given or done as an expression of esteem
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