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Did you hear Did you hear that?that? Who am I?Who am I? What’s What’s

happening?happening? Go figure!

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Did you hear that?Did you hear that?

This line from Poe’s “The Raven” This line from Poe’s “The Raven” contains an example of this sound contains an example of this sound device: “Doubting, dreaming dreams device: “Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

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What is alliteration?What is alliteration?

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This is a word, phrase, line, or group of This is a word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several lines that is repeated, for effect, several times in a poem.times in a poem.

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What is refrain?What is refrain?

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““For we cannot help agreeing that no living For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being/Ever yet was blessed with human being/Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door….” seeing bird above his chamber door….” Poe’s words “ever,” “yet,” and “blessed” Poe’s words “ever,” “yet,” and “blessed” are examples of this sound device.are examples of this sound device.

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What is assonance?What is assonance?

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This is the repetition of vowel sounds in This is the repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding accented syllables and all succeeding syllables, such as “seeing” and “being.”syllables, such as “seeing” and “being.”

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What is rhyme?What is rhyme?

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““Snap,” “crackle,” “pop,” “whisper,” and Snap,” “crackle,” “pop,” “whisper,” and “boom” are examples of this sound device.“boom” are examples of this sound device.

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What is onomatopoeia?What is onomatopoeia?

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I am an opponent who struggles I am an opponent who struggles against the hero of a story, such as against the hero of a story, such as Abigail Williams in THE CRUCIBLE.Abigail Williams in THE CRUCIBLE.

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Who is the antagonist?Who is the antagonist?

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How much do you wish to wager?How much do you wish to wager?

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I am an individual who changes in some I am an individual who changes in some important way as a result of a story’s important way as a result of a story’s action.action.

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Who is a dynamic character?Who is a dynamic character?

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I am the character who tells the story, as I am the character who tells the story, as Nick Carraway in THE GREAT GATSBY.Nick Carraway in THE GREAT GATSBY.

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Who is the narrator?Who is the narrator?

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I am the central character in a story, the one I am the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action.who initiates or drives the action.

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Who is the protagonist?Who is the protagonist?

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I am any individual in a story or play.I am any individual in a story or play.

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Who is a character?Who is a character?

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This is a struggle between opposing forces This is a struggle between opposing forces in a story.in a story.

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What is a conflict?What is a conflict?

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This is the term applied to the conclusion or This is the term applied to the conclusion or resolution of a story—where everything is resolution of a story—where everything is finally “unraveled.”finally “unraveled.”

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What is denouement?What is denouement?

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This is the series of related events in a story This is the series of related events in a story or play.or play.

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What is plot?What is plot?

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This is the part of the plot in which the This is the part of the plot in which the reader is given important background reader is given important background information on the characters, setting, and information on the characters, setting, and problems.problems.

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What is exposition?What is exposition?

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At this point in a plot, readers experience the At this point in a plot, readers experience the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest.greatest intensity, suspense, or interest.

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What is climax?What is climax?

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Dickinson’s line “Fame is a bee” is an Dickinson’s line “Fame is a bee” is an example of this figure of speech.example of this figure of speech.

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What is metaphor?What is metaphor?

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In her lines “Because I could not stop for In her lines “Because I could not stop for Death--/He kindly stopped for me--/” Miss Death--/He kindly stopped for me--/” Miss Dickinson describes Death as a gentleman Dickinson describes Death as a gentleman caller. She uses this device.caller. She uses this device.

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What is personification?What is personification?

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Poe uses this figure of speech when he Poe uses this figure of speech when he writes “Helen, thy beauty is to me/Like writes “Helen, thy beauty is to me/Like those Nicean barks [ships] of yore….”those Nicean barks [ships] of yore….”

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What is a simile?What is a simile?

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Twain uses this type of exaggeration for Twain uses this type of exaggeration for humor when he writes in LIFE ON THE humor when he writes in LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI: “Have I got to learn the MISSISSIPPI: “Have I got to learn the shape of the river according to all these shape of the river according to all these five hundred thousand different ways?”five hundred thousand different ways?”

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What is hyperbole?What is hyperbole?

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With this figurative language, someone or With this figurative language, someone or something stands for itself and something something stands for itself and something else, as Hawthorne’s use of light, which else, as Hawthorne’s use of light, which represents truth.represents truth.

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What is symbolism/a symbol?What is symbolism/a symbol?

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This term applies to a writer’s attitude This term applies to a writer’s attitude toward his subject, character, or reader.toward his subject, character, or reader.

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What is tone?What is tone?

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This is the insight about human life that is This is the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work, as the revealed in a literary work, as the narrator’s warning in THE SCARLET narrator’s warning in THE SCARLET LETTER to “Be true, be true, be true…!”LETTER to “Be true, be true, be true…!”

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What is theme?What is theme?

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This is a general discrepancy between This is a general discrepancy between appearances and reality, as having a appearances and reality, as having a minister in THE SCARLET LETTER who is minister in THE SCARLET LETTER who is both adored by his congregation and guilty both adored by his congregation and guilty of adultery and hypocrisy.of adultery and hypocrisy.

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What is irony?What is irony?

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This personal belief, attitude, or judgment This personal belief, attitude, or judgment prevents a person from being objective.prevents a person from being objective.

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What is bias?What is bias?

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For this element, the major action of For this element, the major action of Fitzgerald’s novel THE GREAT GATSBY Fitzgerald’s novel THE GREAT GATSBY takes place on Long Island, New York, takes place on Long Island, New York, during the summer of 1922.during the summer of 1922.

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What is setting?What is setting?