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Reading Vocabulary
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| analysis | a detailed examination of literary elements |
| antagonist | one who opposes the protagonist in the story |
| audience | the spectators or listeners assembled at a preformance |
| authors purpose | authors write for a reason: to persuade, entertain, inform, and describe (P.I.E.D.) |
| conflict | a state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war |
| inference | the act or process of drawing conclusions from factual knowledge or evidence |
| controlling idea | is an idea that makes the reader ask a question and take a stance/position on that topic |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that compares 2 things- something "is" something |
| mood | is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader |
| organization | it is the structure of the writing- the sequence of paragraphs or stanzas- sometimes called the movement of the passage or poem |
| perspective | a view; a way of regarding situations, facts, and judging the importance of a topic or piece of literature |
| protagonist | main character in a drama or literary work- usually the hero |
| persuation | a strongly held opinion; conviction; a strong belief- the act of being persuaded |
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