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| alliteration | the repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
| allusion | a reference to a person, place, event, or literary text |
| analogy | a comparison with the intent to explain or clarify |
| anecdote | a short, interesting story or an amusing event often told to support or demonstrate a certain point |
| archetype | a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature |
| argument | a point of view supported by details in an effort to convince |
| author's purpose | the reason why a text is written |
| bias | to favor one view over another |
| claim | to state something as fact |
| climax | the turning point in a story |
| conflict | the problem or struggle in a story |
| connotative | the negative and positive feelings that a word represents |
| denouement | the resolution to a problem or conflict |
| dialect | a type of speaking that is particular to a region or group of people |
| empathy | trying to understand someone else's feelings |
| eptihet | that describes a place, a thing or a person in a prominent way |
| fallacy | flawed reasoning that makes an argument invalid, or a faulty belief based on an unsound argument |
| flashback | to hint at prior events in a story |
| foil | a character who provides a contrast to another character; the characters seem to be opposites |
| foreshadow | to hint at events that will happen later in the story |
| genre | the different types of literature |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
| idiom | an expression that says one thing, but means something else |
| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to the five senses |
| inference | a conclusion based on reasoning and textual evidence |
| irony | a word or phrase that means the opposite |
| main idea | the central idea that is supported by details from the text |
| metaphor | comparing two things without using "like" or "as" |
| motif | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in a text |
| narrative | a story of connected events |
| onomatopoeia | words that represent sounds |
| oxymoron | two contradictory words put together |
| paradox | contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion; may include a hidden truth |
| paraphrase | to restate something in your OWN words |
| personification | giving human characteristics to a non-human entity |
| persuasion | to argue a viewpoint in order to convince |
| plagiarize | to use someone else's words without giving proper credit |
| plot | the events in a story |
| point of view | a belief, perspective, or outlook |
| propaganda | a type of text that convinces one to change their attitude, beliefs, and/or behaviors |
| revising | to review a written draft to correct or improve it |
| simile | to compare two things using "like" or "as" |
| summarize | to retell the main points of a text using details |
| symbolism | the use of words to symbolize an abstract idea |
| syntax | the word order used in order to make a good sentence |
| textual evidence | the details in a text that can support a claim or opinion |
| theme | the main message or moral of the story |
| thesis statement | a statement or sentence that states the purpose of a text or a claim |
| tone | the feelings and attitude an author has towards a text |
| works cited | a list of sources one uses to support a paper or claim |
