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Abundance

Myriad

Antiquated

Murmuring

Desolate

Affluence

Ominous

Archaic

Inferior

Yearn

Hindsight

Reiterated

Polysyndeton

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Lots of, loads of, many

Loads of (eg colour), wide spectrum

Antique (old)

Whispering, quiet

Empty

State of wealth/rich

Something that looks worrying

Old

Not important

Long for it

Looking back with greater clarity

Repeated

Overuse of phrases like it, and, if.

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Colloquial language

Anecdote

Aside

Ascetic

Pacifically

Diaphanous

Sombre

Interminable

Imperceptible

Ambivalent

Conspicuous

Cacophony

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Informal slang

Humorous thing

Spoken to the side of a story (eg thoughts of the speaker).

Person who delicates his/her life to pursuit of ideals for religious reasons

Mildly, calmly, quietly

Light, delicate, translucent (especially in fabric)

Dark/dull in colour or tone

Endless or apparently endless (often used in hyperbole)

Slight, gradual or subtle.

Undecided, unclear

Obvious

Lots of sounds at once.

3
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Key Terms:

What is a Volta?

What is the narrative perspective?

What is a hyperbole?

What is a simple sentence?

What is a compound sentence?

What is a complex sentence?

What is the plot?

What is the narrative?

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Shift/change in the text/rhythm

Who are we hearing the story from

Exaggerating for effect

1 verb and usually only 2 nouns

At least two verbs, and a conjugation (a connective)

More than one subordinate clause (ie doesn’t make sense on its own)

What happens

How you choose to tell that story.

4
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What does temporal mean?

What is the imperative?

What is the omniscient narration?

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In terms of time

A command

“birds eye view” the unbiased truthful narrator.