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8 - Lit Vocab 2
Unit 2 Vocbulary
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| person in a story | character |
| the author tells the reader the character traits | direct characterization |
| the author shows the reader the character and the reader must figure out traits | indirect characterization |
| reason characters do what they do | motive |
| conclusion based on information in the text and reader's own knowledge | inference |
| a contrast between what is expected and what really happens | irony |
| something written by a person who experienced what happened | primary source |
| something written by a person who did not actually experience what happened | secondary source |
| two consecutive rhyming lines in a poem | couplet |
| to retell in your own words | paraphrase |
| a reference to something (usually in history, mythology, or literature) that the author expects the reader to recognize in order to make connections | allusion |
| one-sided presentation of a topic | bias |
| balanced presentation of all sides of a subject | objective |
| the most important point of a text | main idea |
| the story of a person's life written by his or her self | autobiography |
| an imaginative story with facts and events that actually happened | historical fiction |