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vocab list 1
Language Arts S.A.T. words list 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dialogue | the words spoken between characters in literary writing |
| autobiography | an account of a persons life written or told by that person |
| narrative | writing that tells a fiction or nonfiction story |
| chronological 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 part in the actions and events of the story |
| first person pronouns | i, me, we, my, our |
| flashback | when a story goes back in time (memories, setting, historical event) |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to let the reader know what will happen later |
| irony | what the reader thought would happen, doesn't; a twist of fate |
| monologue | when one character speaks either to the audience or himself during 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 language used by people (not to describe poetry) |
| reflection | to look back and learn from the past so we can grow and change |
| setting | the time and place in a piece of literature |
| theme | the main idea of the story |
| verbal irony | sarcasm through dialogue; what the character says is not what he means |
| biography | an account of a persons life written or told by another person |
| genre | types of writing; fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, memoir |
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