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Vocabulary 6

Unit 3-1

TermDefinition
Diction a writer's or speaker's choice of words
Essay a short literary composition on a single subject
External Conflict a character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature
Flashback a sudden and vivid memory of an event in the past; also, an interruption in the sequence of events in the plot of a story to relate events that occurred in the past
Internal Conflict a character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions
Literary Analysis the process of examining closely and commenting on the elements of a literary work
Novel a type of literary genre that tells a fictional story
Omniscient a third-person point of view in which the narrator is all knowing
Personal Letter a written communication that is person to person
Perspective the way a specific character views a situation or other characters
Plot the sequence of related events that make up a story or novel
Point of View the perspective from which a story is told
Reflection a kind of thinking and writing which seriously explores the significance of an experience, idea, or observation
Setting the time and place in which a narrative occurs
Subplot a secondary plot that occurs along with a main plot
Syntax the way words and phrases are arranged to make a complete sentence
Textual Evidence quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Tone a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject
Topic Sentence states the main idea of a paragraph
Voice a writer’s distinctive use of language
Created by: knutsonp
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