Writing Strategies

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Alliteration

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The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words

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Characterization

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The means by which a writer reveals a character's personality

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Internal Conflict

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A struggle within a character (person vs. self)

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External conflict

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Person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. nature, person vs. fate/God

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Counterclaim

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Presents an opposing perspective that refutes a central claim

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Diction

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Word choice

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Flashback

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Scene that interrupts the action to show an event that happened earlier

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Foreshadowing

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Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using comparison words.

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exageration