Keystone Review 1

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Poetry

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Verse and rhythmic writing that creates an emotional response.

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Biography

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The story of a real person's life written by another person.

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Foreshadowing

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An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.

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Imagery

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Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions (5 senses: See, touch, taste, feel, hear).

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate sounds.

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Non Fiction

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A genre of writing that is based on facts and real events.

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Autobiography

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The story of a person's life written by that person.

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Flashback

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A literary device that interrupts the chronological sequence of events to relate an earlier occurrence.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Diction

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.