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My english vocab 1
First english vocab words 1-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drama | A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience |
| Theme | message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work |
| Mood | A feeling that a literary work conveys to the readers |
| Plot | A sequence of related events that makeup a story |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces |
| Tone | Expresses the writers attitude towards his subject |
| Main Idea | A central idea that a writer wishes to express |
| Style | The manner of writing. It involves not what it said, but how something is said |
| Suspense | A feel of growing tension and excitement |
| Summarizing | The process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a piece of writing in a persons own words while omitting unimportant details |
| Setting | The time and place of the action of a story, poem or play |
| Historical Fiction | Contemporary Fiction that is set in the past |
| Foreshadowing | When a writer provides hints to suggest future events in the story |