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7 - Lit Vocab 3
Unit 3 Vocabulary
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| a truth about life revealed in a piece of a literature | theme |
| poems that tell a story | narrative poetry |
| a comparison using like or as | simile |
| the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it | onomatopoeia |
| an event that makes something else happen | cause |
| what happens as a result of an earlier event | effect |
| a point by point comparison made between two things to show how they are alike (word puzzle) | analogy |
| a statement that can be proven true | fact |
| a statement that expresses personal beliefs | opinion |
| a story that explains something about the world and typically involves gods or other supernatural beings | myth |
| a written conversation between two or more people | dialogue |
| commonly used expression that is not literally true | idiom |