9th Grade Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Setting

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The time and place a story happens.

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Character

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People/creatures who move the plot forward.

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Figurative language

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Word choice that doesn't use literal meanings, but works to make a certain impression on the reader.

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Mood

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The feeling or attitude the story invokes in the reader; emotional quality.

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Narrator's perspective

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The point of view from which the person telling the story takes.

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Satire

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The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, especially in politics or social issues.

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Poetic conventions

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Concepts or patterns that are commonly used in poetry like figurative language, sound-based devices or poetic structures.

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Poetic forms

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Set pattern of poetic elements.

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Sound device

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Things like rhyme/rhyme scheme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and repetition that poets use to create mood.

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Central idea

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The position the author defends.