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English II Terms
High Frequency STAAR
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events |
| Dialogue | a conversation between two people/persons |
| Setting | when and where the story takes place |
| Narrator | in a narrative, the person telling the story |
| Speaker | the "voice" narrating a poem |
| Protagonist | The main character in a literary work |
| Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character |
| Conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces |
| Inference | a logical guess based on evidence or reasoning |
| Theme | the universal truth about life expressed in the passage |
| Point of View/ POV | the perspective from which the story is told |
| First Person POV | a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech |
| Third-person Omniscient | the narrator is not in the story but knows and describes all the character's thoughts and ideas |
| Third-person Limited | The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. |
| Symbolism | The practice of using a person, thing, or object to represent something else |
| Irony | when the reality of a situation is the opposite of what is expected |
| Tone | The writer's or speakers attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers) |
| Mood | The overall feeling of a story |
| Figurative Language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. |
| Simile | a sentence that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | a sentence that compares two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as" |
| Personofication | giving human traits to non-living things |
| Hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| Foreshadowing | when an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story. |
| Flashback | when an author refers back to something that already took place in the story |
| Audience | who the author is trying to persuade |
| Argument | a reasoned defense of a position or claim |
| claim/thesis/position | what the author believes or wants to prove to his or her audience |
| evidence | facts,reasons,data or opinions to support a claim |
| Counterargument | an argument that opposes your claim |
| Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, or event |
| Pathos (Emotional Appeal) | an argument that appeals to the reader's emotions |
| Logos (Logical Appeal) | an argument that makes sense, appeals to what you know is right or smart |
| Chronological order | presents information in sequence or in the order in which it happens. |
| Cause and Effect | Shows what happens and why it happens |
| Compare and Contrast | shows similarities and differences between two or more things. |
| rhyme | the repetition of similar words |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonants sounds at the beginning of words or phrases |
| Imagery | Description that appeals to the 5 sences |
| Plot | Sequence of events in a story |
| Connotation | All meanings , associations, or emotions that a word suggests |
| Denotation | Dictionary definition of a word |
| Primary purpose | The main reason |
| Emphasize | Highlight or reiterate; make a point stronger |
| Stanza | The "paragraphs" in a poem |
| Ellipses (...) | ...indicates that something has been omitted/eliminated |
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