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Content Vocab (Lit)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mood | the overall feeling the story creates for the reader |
| situational irony | when what happens in a story is the opposite of what is expected |
| vernal irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning ( sarcasm) |
| allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or from another source |
| mood | the overall feeling the story creates for the reader |
| situational irony | when what happens in a story is the opposite of what is expected |
| verbal irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning(sarcasm) |
| allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or from another source |
| tone | the voice a writer uses to create mood in a piece of writing |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| inferred theme | a theme that is not directly stated in the text |
| analyze | to break apart in order to study a concept more in depth |
| synthesize | to combine different parts or ideas in order to come up with a new idea or theory |
| infer | using observation and background knowledge to reach a logical conclusiom |
| textual evidence | verifiable proof that is taken directly from the text to support an answer |