Review for Flashcard on Benchmark Terms

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Dramatic Irony

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When a reader knows something that a character does not know.

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Sufficient Evidence

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Enough evidence to support a claim.

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Metaphor

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A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'; when an author makes a comparison by calling one thing something else.

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Analogy

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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

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Setting

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The time and place of a story.

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Situational Irony

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A situation where the outcome is significantly different from what was expected.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Simile

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces in a story.