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| GENRE | A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique, or content |
| GRAPHIC ORGANIZER | A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships |
| HOMOPHONE | One or two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning--ex. hair/hare |
| HYPERBOLE | An exaggeration or overstatement--ex. I was so embarrased I could have died |
| IDIOMATIC LANGUAGE | An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally |
| IRONY | The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result |
| LITERARY CONFLICT | The struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot |
| LITERARY ELEMENTS | The essential techniques used in literature--ex. characterization, setting, plot, etc. |
| LITERARY DEVICES | Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to writing--ex. alliteration |
| LITERARY STRUCTURES | The author's method of organizing text--ex. foreshadowing, flashbacks |
| METAPHOR | The comparison of two unlike items in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used--ex. The new kid in class is a squirrel. |
| METER | The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| NARRATIVE | A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing |
