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Gr9 WOW 75 Words
Term | Definition |
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moral | a lesson that a story teaches |
onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz or gargle |
voice | a writer's (or speaker's) distinctive use of language to express ideas as well as his or her persona |
paraphrase | the restating of information in one's own words |
satire | a form of comedy that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticize issues in society or people's weaknesses |
caricature | to exaggerate or imitate certain characteristic to create a comic or distorted idea of a person |
delusion | persistent false belief |
persuasion | the art of swaying others' feelings, beliefs, or actions |
parody | a humorous imitation of another writer's work |
hyperbole | the literary technique of extreme exaggeration for emphasis, often used for comic effect |
alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together |
pun | a funny play on words. Puns are created by using words with the same sounds but different meanings |
propaganda | any form of communication that is so distorted that it conveys false or misleading information to advance a specific belief or cause |
simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as |
foreshadowing | the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
flashback | an interruption in the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past |
synthesize | means to take individual pieces of information and combine them in order to gain a better understanding of a subject |
abode | a home |
debonair | charming |
dilapidated | ruined |
vigor | active healthy |
askew | when something is off center |
deplete | to use up or to reduce to a very small amount |
enhancement | improves or adds to the quality or function of something |
paradox | a person, thing, or situation that is contradictory |
inference | a conclusion about ideas or information not directly stated |
subversive | intended to weaken or destroy |
duped | tricked |
imperceptibly | ever so slightly |
dramatic irony | a literary device that authors use to create humor and tension in a story. The audience knows more about what is happening than at least one character |
revise | to rework/reorganize a piece of writing to improve its logic and flow |
irony | a literary device that plays on readers' expectations by portraying events in a way that is actually different from reality |
allusion | a reference that a writer makes to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art or another literary work |
commentary | the explanations and interpretations an author writes to support an opinion or an analysis |
symbol | anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level |
imagery | creates word pictures by using details that appeal to one or more of the five senses |
figurative language | the use of words to describe one thing in terms of another |
tone | a writer's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience |
theme | a general statement about life |
character foil | a character who contrasts with another character that leads to some insight |
exposition | the author introduces the characters, describes the setting, and begins to reveal the conflict |
resolution | the ending in which the main conflict is finally resolved |
diction | the way in which a writer makes a word choices |
syntax | the way a writer arranges words and grammatical elements to create phrases, clauses, and sentences |
pernicious | intending to cause harm |
sycophant | someone who uses flattery to try and get what he/she wants from an authority |
ubiquitous | appearing everywhere |
non sequitur | a statement that does not logically follow a conversation flow |
diatribe | a forceful and bitter verbal attack |
slipshod | showing a lack of care or thought |
found poem | consist of words, phrases, and lines that come directly from a different piece of text |
lede | the opening of an article, or the sentence that tells what happened |
nut graf | follows the lede and is a statement that tells why readers should care about what happened |
stage direction | notes that the playwright includes in the script about how characters should behave and move across the stage |
motive | a character or person's reason for behaving in a certain way |
aside | something spoken in a play by a character that is not meant to be heard by the other characters |
sonnet | a 14-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter and following a strict pattern |
English sonnets | contain three quatrains (four lines of rhyme) and one couplet (two lines that rhyme) |
monologues | are long speeches in a play, or other kind of performance, delivered by one actor |
dramaturge | a member of an acting company who helps the director and actors make informed decisions about the performance by researching information relevant to the play |
block | a scene means to create the plan for how actors will position themselves on the stage in relation to one another, the audience, and the objects on the stage |
soliloquy | a long speech delivered by an actor alone on the stage, usually representing his or her internal thoughts |
subtext | the underlying or implied meaning in dialogue or the implied relationship between characters in a book, movie, play, or film. It is not explicitly stated |
strategize | to plan the actions you will take to complete a task |
poetic structure | the organization of words, lines, and images, as well as ideas, in a poem |
rhyming couplet | a pair of lines that rhyme, have the same rhythm (for meter), and are of similar length |
ode | a lyric poem expressing the feelings or thoughts of a speaker, often celebrating a person, an event, or a thing |
nefarious | wicked or criminal |
precursor | a person or thing that comes before another or similar kind |
impregnable | unable to be captured or broken into |
demure | shy or modest |
jingoistic | overly patriotic |
implacable | unable to be soothed |
ellipsis | a row of three dots ( ... ) that indicates something has been omitted from within a quoted passage |
brackets | ( [ ] ) are most often used to clarify the meaning of quoted material |