8th : Theme Practice Open Notes

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Biography

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A story of someone's life written by someone else.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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Fable

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A very short story usually with talking animals; has a moral.

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Fiction

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Writing that is not real; a product of the imagination.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.

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Theme

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The central idea or message in a piece of writing.

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Plot

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The sequence of events that make up a story.