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Reading Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Analysis | Analysis a detailed examanation of literary elements |
| anataginist | anataginist one who opposes the protaginist in the story |
| audience | audience the spectators or listeners assembled at a performence |
| authors purpose | authors purpose authors write for a reason: to pursaude entertain inform or describe |
| conflict | conflict a state of open often prolounged fighting, battle or war |
| inference | inference the act or process of drawing conclusions from factual knowlage or evidence |
| controlling idea | controlling idea Is an Idea that makes the reader ask and take a stance on the topic |
| metaphor | metaphor a figure of speech that compare two things |
| mood | mood gereral feeling or atmosphere created by the author |
| organization | organization it is the structure of writing |
| perpective | perpective a view, a way of regurding sentences facts and judging |
| protaginist | protaginist main charecter in a drama or literary work |
| persuasion | persuasion a strongy held opinion |
| summerize | summerize a condensed version of the text |
| simile | simile a figure of speech in which two things are compared using like or as |
| textual evidence | textual evidence evidence used to gain argument |
| tone | tone speaker or narrators attitude |
| theme | theme the moral message or idea of a lterary work |
| first person point of view | first person point of view when the narrator is a charecter in the story |
| third person point of view | third person point of view when the narrator is not a charecter in a story |