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Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.( the practice of making allusions, especially as an artistic device.) |
| Alliteration | When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters). For example: Anne’s awesome apple; Fred’s frozen French fries. |
| Antagonist | The opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist. |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces. A conflict may be external (between the character and another person, society, nature, or technology) or internal (a struggle within the character). |
| Connotation | refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings in addition to their literal meanings or denotations. |
| Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of a story. This may be a change in understanding, values, insight, etc. |
| Diction | as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Diction or choice of words separates good writing from bad writing. It depends on a number of factors. |
| Denotation | literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. |
| Foreshadowing | literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. |
| Figurative Language | The literal meaning of a word is its definition as you would find it in a dictionary. |
| Flashback | The literal meaning of a word is its definition as you would find it in a dictionary. Figurative language uses words in some way other than for their literal meanings to make a comparison, add emphasis, or say something in a fresh and creative way. |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally. For example: “I almost died of boredom.” |
| Humor | state of mind/mood |
| Imagery | Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. |
| Irony | Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. |
| Metaphor | Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Authors use imagery to describe actions, characters, objects, and ideas, and to heighten the emotional effect of their writing. |
| Mood | The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature. Another way to describe a story’s mood is atmosphere. |
| Motif | is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. Motif and Theme. In a literary work, a motif can be seen as an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme. |
| Oxymoron | plural oxymora, is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings e.g. “cruel kindness” or “living death”. |
| Protagonist | The main or central character of a work of literature. Usually, the main character is involved in a conflict or struggle with the antagonist. |
| Point of View | (1) first-person point of view, where the narrator is a character in the story who describes things from his or her own perspective and refers to himself or herself as “I”; (2) third-person li |
| Personification | Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions. For example: “The moon smiled down at her,” “I felt the cold hand of death on my shoulder,” |
| Repetition For Effect | Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. |
| Static Character | A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of a story. |
| Setting | The environment in which a story takes place, including the time period, the location, and the physical characteristics of the surroundings. |
| Simile | When two unlike things are compared—using like or as—in order to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things. For example, “Randy’s voice is like melted chocolate” is a simile in which Randy’s voice is compared to melted chocolate. |
| Suspense | the state of being suspended |
| Sarcasm | Definition of Sarcasm Sarcasm is derived from French word sarcasmor and also from a Greek word sarkazein that means “tear flesh” or “grind the teeth”. Somehow, in simple words it means to speak bitterly. Generally, the literal meaning is different… |
| Theme | A story’s main message or moral. |
| Tone | The author’s attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience. Words that could describe tone include doubtful, humorous, gleeful, serious, and questioning. |
| Understatement | Definition of Understatement An understatement is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. For example, you win 10 million dollars in a lottery. When you tell… |
| Voice | Kinesthesia, Synesis,Polyptoton, Catachresis.... |
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