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| alliteration | repeating or rhyming sounds |
| anectode | a short amusing story |
| autobiography | a story written about oneself |
| chronological order | a sequence according to time of occurrence |
| conclude | to decide, determine, or resolve |
| context | the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, influencing its meaning |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more persons |
| evaluate | determine the significance, worth, or quality of |
| excerpt | a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like |
| figurative language | speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special or meaning |
| homonym | words that are identical to other words in spelling or pronunciation, or both, while differing from them in meaning |
| satire | a novel, play, entertainment, etc, in which topical issues, folly, or evil are held up to scorn by means of ridicule and irony |
| sequence | the following of one thing after another; succession |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using like or as. |
| verb | a word that represents an action or a state of being |
| allusion | an indirect reference to some piece of knowledge not actually mentioned |
| characterize | to describe the character or individual quality of |
| connotation | the secondary meaning of a word or expression |
| falling action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. |
| flashback | a transition in a novel, film, etc, to an earlier scene or event |
| foreshadowing | a hint given before text as an image of what is to come |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
| idiom | an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements |
| imagery | the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things |
| irony | an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated. |
| metaphor | the comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as |
| narrate | to give an account or tell the story |
| onomatopoeia | the formation of words whose sound is imitative of the sound of the noise or action designated |
| parable | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson |
| personification | the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas |
| persuasive | convincing, compelling, forceful |
| pun | the humorous use of a word or phrase to or suggest its different meanings |
| quote | to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support. |
