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Question | Answer |
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dialogue | the words spoken between characters in literary writing |
autobiography | an acount of a person's life witten or told by that person |
narrative | writing that tells a fiction or nofiction story |
chronoiogical order | time order, when the order of events is told from first to last or last to first |
first person point of view | narrator takes place in the action and events of the story |
first person pronouns | I, me, my, we, our |
flashback | when a story goes back in time |
foreshadowing | hints or clues to let the reader know what will happen later |
irony | when the reader thought would happen, doesn't; a twist or fate |
monologue | when one character speaks either to the audience or to himself durning a play |
mood | the emotional feeling an author creates through his writing |
dramatic irony | when the reader knows more than the characters do |
plot | the action and events resulting in the climax and resolution of the conflict |
problem | the conflict to be resolved |
prose | written and spoken lauguage used by people |
reflection | to look back and laern from the past so that we can grow and change |
setting | the time and place of literature |
theme | the main idea of the story |
verbal irony | what the character says is not what it means |
biography | an account of a persons life written or told by another person |
genre | types of writing: fiction, non-fiction, drama, memoir |
second person point of view | when the narrator speaks directly to the reader |
second person pronoun | you |
analyze | to break something apart so you can understand the whole |
cause/effect | because one event happens, another event follows |
compare/contrast | similarities and differences |
deduce | take away everything you know something can't be, so your left with the right answer or solution |
inference | an educated guess;coming up with an answer when all the information isn't present |
persuasive | writing intended to have someone take side or act a certain way |
summarize | to tell the main points or ideas of a passage |
support | give examples, details, reasons |