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Read & Write Term.
Reading and Writing Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Antagonist | is a force working against the protagonist, or main character, in a story, play, or novel; is usually another character, but can be a force of nature, society, or an internal force within the main character |
| Antonyms | words that have the opposite meaning |
| Author | a person who has been credited for writing something |
| Author's purpose | the reason why the author writes the text |
| Cause & Effect | one event brings about, or causes the other; the event that happens first is the cause and the event that follows is the effect |
| Character | people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature |
| Conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| External conflict | involves a character that struggles with a force outside him-or-herself; nature, physical obstacle, or another character |
| Internal conflict | conflict that occurs within a character |
| Context clues | using words and phrases in text to determine the meaning of an unknown word |
| Fact | a statement that can be proven or verified |
| Opinion | a person's beliefs, feelings, or thoughts |
| First person | the narrator is a character telling the story and uses pronouns such as I, me, mine, and we |
| Second person | usually used to give information of how-to (such as steps in a process). Uses the pronoun you. |
| Third person | story told from the view-point of the narrator who is outside of the story and retells the action; uses pronouns such as he and she |
| Genre | a category into which a work of literature is classified |
| Imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses; sensory details to help the reader imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as |
| Mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language |
| Narrator | the voice that tells the story |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sound echos their meaning |
| Personification | giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |
| Plot | the events in a story; usually centers on the conflict or struggle the character faces |
| Exposition | the first stage of a typical story plot; provides the reader with important background knowledge and introduces the setting and important characters |
| Rising action | the stage of the plot that develops the conflict or struggle |
| Climax | the point of the greatest interest in a story or play; usually occurs toward the end of the story and after the reader understands the conflict and becomes emotionally involved in the story |
| Falling action | the stage of the plot in which the story begins to draw to a close; occurs after the climax and before the resolution; tension eases as this begins |
| Resolution | the solving of the problem/conflict in a story |
| Poetry | a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to appeal to the senses; it uses sound devices, figurative language, and imagery to express emotions and ideas |
| Prose | all forms of writing that are not poetry |
| Point of View | refers to how the writer chooses to narrate the story |
| Third Person Limited | the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of a single character |
| Third Person Omniscient | the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story |
| Third Person Subjective | the narrator retells the story, but does not reveal the thoughts and feelings of the characters because the perspective is based on the reader's personal experiences, beliefs, and opinions |
| Protagonist | the main character in a story, play, or novel who is involved in the conflict of the story |
| Recurring theme | themes found in a variety of works |
| Universal theme | themes that are found throughout literature in all time periods |
| Repetition | a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity |
| Setting | the time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play; can include geographic location, historical period, season, time of day, and culture |
| Simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike figures and uses the words like or as |
| Stanza | a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem |
| Theme | a message about life or human nature that a writer shares with the reader; in many cases the reader has to infer what the writer's message is |
| Tone | expresses the writer's attitude toward his/her subject |
| Compare and contrast | to identify similarities and differences of two or more subjects |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally |
| Form | the way a poem looks on the page |
| Line | a single word, phrase, or sentence within a poem |
| Speaker | the voice in the poem that "talks" to the reader |
| Rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| Rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyme based on the rhyming sounds at the end of each line Example: AABB, ABAB |
| Rhythm | the beat you hear as you read a poem aloud. It is affected by which syllables are stressed and which are unstressed |
| Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other |
| Symbol | a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| Metaphor | Example of... "Her eyes were green emeralds." |
| Personification | Example of... "The tea kettle sang happily." |
| Hyperbole | Example of... "I am so hungry that I could eat a horse." |
| Alliteration | Example of... "Silent silver stars sliding through the sky" |
| Assonance | Example of... "I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you--Nobody--too?" |
| Onomatopoeia | Example of... zoom, buzz, whistle, moo |
| Simile | Example of... "Her eyes were like green emeralds." |
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