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11/1/2009
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what are the common literary devices
Answer:
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11/13/2009
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monk epic
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10/11/2009
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What are the five types of conflict
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11/1/2009
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man vs. society, man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. fate, man vs. self
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10/7/2009
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what is the literary definition of attitude?
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10/7/2009
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What is it when a the end of a sentence is the same as the beginning of the next sentence. For example: My name is Alex. Alex is a person.
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11/1/2009
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flat character
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10/1/2009
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what is the definition of concrete images
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10/10/2009
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Images that are real, the opposite of ideas.
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10/1/2009
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what is pun
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10/7/2009
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a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
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9/30/2009
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what is imagery
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10/7/2009
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devices which appeal to the senses: visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, kinetic.
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9/24/2009
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What is the literary term for an object from the future appearing in the past?
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10/10/2009
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foreshadow
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10/1/2009
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foreshadaow
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9/30/2009
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Flashback
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9/23/2009
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whats a pamphlet?
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9/24/2009
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It is an informative piece of literature about a specific topic.
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9/16/2009
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prediciton
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10/1/2009
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to tell something about to happen
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9/9/2009
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what is a cliche?
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10/1/2009
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a criticism group or opinion
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9/7/2009
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what is inciting incident?
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9/30/2009
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An event that really triggers the conflicts. Also known as the Narrative Hook.
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9/27/2009
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It's the point in the story where something happens to begin the rising action of the story.
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8/27/2009
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man vs fate?
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9/30/2009
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Conflict
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9/15/2009
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conflict
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8/21/2009
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what is selective recollection?
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8/13/2009
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What are literary terms used in Pudd'nhead Wilson?
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7/7/2009
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what is a dramatic monologue?
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6/20/2009
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incongruity
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7/6/2009
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some thing that does not add up
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6/20/2009
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narrative structure
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6/15/2009
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what is a proverb
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6/11/2009
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WHATS TRANCENDENTILISM?
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9/24/2009
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It is a return to nature both in inspiration for written works, as well as a way of life. First started by Henry David Thoreau and adopted by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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6/10/2009
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what is a juxtaposition?
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6/16/2009
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A comparison of two things placing them side by side
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6/8/2009
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what is foreshadowing?
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6/11/2009
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when the writer of a novel gives a hint to what may happen in future chapters or novels.
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6/10/2009
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when the author tells the hints to the future in a story
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6/10/2009
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juxtaposition
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6/9/2009
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Forshadowing is when the author or character hints to up coming events e.g. the boy smiled in excitement at the sight of his plan coming together
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6/7/2009
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what is a quatrain?
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6/10/2009
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four lines that have rhythm
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6/9/2009
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To contain a noun because illnesses or evidence purposes and to separate and hold nouns
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6/8/2009
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foreshadowing
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6/7/2009
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Other leterary architypes?:
duality
golden age
flodd cycle (life cycle)
matamorphisis
survival
regaining innocence
the fall
oppression
rites of passage
learning from teachers
symbolism
theme
folklore
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9/27/2009
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You cannot spell my friend.
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6/17/2009
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Symbolism is when an object has a purposeful meaning. Showing "symbolism". (Wedding Ring)
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5/31/2009
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what is anadiplosis?
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6/17/2009
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Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, He is a man of loyalty—loyalty always firm.
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5/31/2009
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what is iambic pentameter?
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6/7/2009
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its a line that has 10 or 5 beats. 2 words together usually counts as one beat.
Question:
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5/31/2009
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What is breaking up a serious scene called?
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Lyndie
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6/17/2009
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5/31/2009
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Amanda
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5/23/2009
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5/18/2009
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Marissa
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5/5/2009
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sharon
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5/5/2009
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Stephanie
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3/19/2009
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