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2023 SCREADY
54 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| affix | A word part, such as a prefix or suffix Examples: re- in rename and -ing in naming. |
| alliteration | The repetition of beginning consonant sounds through a sequence of words. Example: "While I nodded, nearly napping..." |
| allusion | An indirect reference within a literary text to something outside the text (for example, the Bible, a myth, another literary work, a painting, or a piece of music) |
| analogy | Figurative language that makes comparisons in unexpected ways: hammer:: tool as green: ______ |
| author's craft | A particular way a writer crafts places in text. Those places where writers do particular things with words that go beyond just choosing the ones they need to get the meaning across. |
| bias | A personal and largely unreasoned judgment either for or against a particular person, position, or thing; a prejudice. |
| central idea | The central unifying element which ties together all other elements of the text. |
| claim | A debatable statement or thesis that is an element of argument. |
| conflict | A struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces (external conflict) or the character's emotions (internal conflict). |
| coordinate adjectives | a series of general, opinionated adjectives that modify the same noun. |
| connotation | The emotional meaning attached to a word, such as cheap vs. inexpensive. |
| counter claim | A claim that negates or disagrees with the claim/thesis. |
| denotation | The most specific or literal meaning of a word. The dictionary meaning. |
| diction | Careful word choice in speaking and writing. |
| expository text | Text written to explain or convey information about a specific topic. |
| fable | A brief story told in poetry or prose that contains a moral or a practical lesson about life. |
| figurative language | Descriptive language that isn't literal. Examples: hyperbole, similes and metaphors |
| folktale | A story that has no known author and was originally passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth. Unlike myths, it's usually about people or animals that act like people. |
| homonym | Words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings. Examples: bear, the noun, meaning an animal; bear, the verb, meaning "to support" |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement Example: The backpack weighs a ton |
| idiom | Words used in a special way that may be different from their literal meaning. Example: It's raining cats and dogs does not mean that cats and dogs are falling from the sky, but that it is raining heavily |
| imagery | Language that creates a sensory impression within the reader's mind. |
| main idea | The major topic of a passage or work that may be stated directly or inferred. |
| metaphor | A particular figure of speech in which two UNLIKE things are compared without the use of a signal such as the word like or as—as in "Love is a rose, but you better not pick it." |
| extended metaphor | An extended metaphor is a detailed and complex metaphor that stretches across a long section of a work. |
| monologue | A long speech by a character in a play, spoken either to others or as if the character is alone. |
| mood | how the reader or observer feels about text/art |
| medium/media | The materials used to convey a message: website, print, article, etc. |
| objective summary | An accurate description, in one's own words, of a text which provides a quick overview that uses who, what, where, when, why, and how. |
| onomatopoeia | The formation and use of words to imitate sounds. Examples: rattle, murmur, crash, buzz, boink, and grr |
| parallel structure | The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical structures. |
| passive voice | the subject receives the action expressed by the verb. Example: A song was written by the student. |
| personification | The figurative device in which animals, objects, or abstractions are represented as being human or as having human attributes. |
| plot | The structure of a text. The five main parts or phases of plot are exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and conclusion or resolution. |
| prose | The regular form of spoken and written language, measured in sentences rather than lines. Written different from poetry. |
| rhetorical purpose | Use of a technique by an author or speaker to influence the audience. |
| simple sentence | contains only one subject and one predicate. |
| simple sentence example | Example: John likes pizza. |
| compound sentence | two or more simple sentences joined together. Example: My friend gave me a book, and I read it from beginning to end. |
| complex sentence | a sentence that contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. |
| example of a complex sentence | We left before you came to school. We left is the main clause and before you came to school is the subordinate clause |
| compound-complex sentence | two or more simple sentences combined with a subordinate clause. |
| example of a compound- complex sentence | _Before I went on vacation, my friend gave me a book and I read it_ |
| text features | The components/features of a story or article that are not the main body of text. |
| examples of text features | _table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions, and labeled diagrams |
| text structure | The organizational patterns an author uses to structure the ideas in a text. |
| theme | A life lesson inferred from the text. |
| thesis | The central debatable claim articulated, supported, and developed in an essay or other work of expository prose. |
| tone | The writer or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience conveyed through the choice of words and details |
| transitional word/phrase | A word or phrase that serves as a link in writing or speaking. Words and phrases include: on the contrary, as a result, with that in mind, and even though. |
| clause | group of words containing a verb and its subject and possibly a conjunction or relative pronoun |
| phrase | a group of related words that does NOT contain BOTH a verb and its subject |
| subordinate clause | has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence, starts with a conjunction |
| antonym | a word that means the opposite of another word |
| synonym | A word that means the same as another word |
| dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action |
| static character | A character who does not change during the story. |
| examples of text structures | cause/effect, compare/contrast, description, problem/solution, sequencing, goal/action/outcome, concept/definition, and proposition/support. |
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