Academic Vocab Mini Flashcard

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A type of informal language used in speech, specific to a context or group.

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Slang

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Attribution of human traits to nonhuman entities or abstract qualities.

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Personification

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A scene in a movie or novel set earlier than the main story.

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Flashback

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Main events of a work presented as an interrelated sequence.

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Plot

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Commencement of two or more words with the same letter, e.g., "She sells seashells by the seashore"

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Alliteration

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Who tells the story?

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Narrator

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Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

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Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle)

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Onomatopoeia

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Story narrated by one character sharing personal experiences.

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First Person Point of View

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Unit of rhythm in poetry, also called a foot, with 2-3 syllables.

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Meter