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Core Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Figurative Language - Saying something other than what it literally meant for effect | The poorest man is the richest and the rich are poor. |
| Similie - Comparing things using like or as | Tiff's red lipstick is like a bright red cherry |
| Metaphor - Comparing things without using like or as | He drowned in a sea of grief |
| Assonance - The vowel sound repeats | Wall, ball, small |
| Consonance - The consonant sound repeats | Shake, bake, quake |
| Oxymoron - Contradiction terms appear together | Seriously funny |
| Alliteration - Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connecting words | Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore |
| Paradox - A statement that seems absurd but it is actually true | Your enemy's friends are your enemies |
| Idiom - Phrase or colloquialism; meaning is not predictable from its usage | Kick the bucket |
| Hyperbole - Extreme exaggeration | Mrs. Peters is the best sports woman ever! |
| Imagery - Visual descriptive of figurative language especially in a literary work | The grass is glistening in the early morning |
| Euphemism - An expression used to soften the blow of the truth | She passed away heavenly |
| Personification - Giving inanimate object human characteristics | The door began to tell me to hurry and walk out so it can close |
| Allusion - Making a reference to something | Don't act like Romeo to her |
| Onomatopoeia - The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | Bang! Pow! Boom! |
| Pun - Play on words | She had a photographic memory but never developed it |
| Author's Structure - How the story is organized | Chronological order, cause and effect, problem and solution, etc. |
| Plot - Used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story | Nemo touching the butt of the boat when not supposed to... |
| Character - An evaluation of a particular individual's stable moral qualities | Nemo, Dora, Dori, Romeo, Juliet, etc. |
| Conflict - Some sort of issue occurring | Internal & external, etc. |
| Theme - The central, underlying, and controlling idea or insight of a work of literature; the message | Don't judge a book by its cover |
| Setting - Where the story takes place | In the jungle where there are lots of green trees and bushes and flowers blooming |
| Dialect - The language of what the character is speaking in | Country, Northern, Southern, etc. |
| Vernacular - The language or dialect spoken in a particular region | Country, Northern, Southern, etc. |
| Style - Describes how an author uses words to give off a mood, show imagery, etc. | Use of figurative language, the structure of how the author writes |
| Syntax - The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | "that night I sat on Tyan-yu's bed and waited for him to touch me But he didn't. I was relieved." |
| Tone - An attitude the author has towards the subject | "That boy just makes me so mad!" |
| Diction - A word choice (vocabulary) | "Popular" "Indeed" "Special" etc. |
| Mood - The emotion a reader picks up from the text | "This oh so dark and gloomy night..." |
| Connotative - The emotions attached to a word. The emotion can be either positive or negative | Childlike, youthful, childish, young... Slim, skinny, slender, thin... |
| Nuance - Word meaning and interpretation | Those who are lonely and detached live in a house. those who live with loved ones and in happiness live in a home. |
| Argument - To fight over something | Two boys fighting over a baseball bat but one doesn't want to share so one decides to punch the other and then they start to argue... |
| Rhetoric - Devices or strategies used to persuade | Ethos: Persuasive appeal of one's character. Tells us that the author is reliable and competent (ethics) Pathos: Appeal to emotion (of course, meant to evoke emotional response) Logos: Appeal to reason (evokes a rational response) logical, facts |
| Parallelism - The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that corrects grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning... etc. | A poem |
| Author's Purpose - Reason an author writes a text | Inform: No opinion, "list" of information, objective ex. Newspaper articles, recipes, etc. Entertain: Sometimes an opinion, lots of events "things exciting", no goal ex. Tabloids, movies, fiction Persuade: Voice opinion, convince you of said opinion, us |
| Explicit - Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt | "The speaker's intentions were not made explicit" |
| Inference - A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | "There should be no inference drawn form the fact that he chooses not to be a witness" |
| Technical - Of or relating to a particular subject, art, or craft, or its techniques. | "In technical terms" |
| Denotative - Literal meaning of the word | Falling - To fall |
| Central Ideas - The most important part of the story, Main idea | The main idea of Romeo and Juliet is to not marry young. |
| Objective Summary - Writing you can verify through evidence and facts. | All about the facts |
| Textual Evidence - Puling out key details to support your answer | If answering questions, and need to support answer, go back to the story or so and pull out information from there |
| Point of View - The way an author views his/her points | 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person objective, limited, omniscient |
| Parody - An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | People making fun of celebrity's music. Especially Justin Bieber's... :( |
| Satire - A text or performance that uses irony or wit to expose or attack a person, group, or humanity's stupidity | A paper or so talking about eating people to solve hunger. |
| Sarcasm - The use of attorney to mock or convey contempt | "His voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment" |
| Irony - The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think, especially in order to be funny | A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said "wonderful weather we're having!" |
| Understatement - The presentation of something as being smaller, worse or less important than it actually is | Winning a $10 million dollar lottery ticket and you're like "It was nice." :) |
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