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Gr8 WOW 75 Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| archetype | a character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore |
| departure | =the hero leaves home to venture into the unknown on some sort of quest |
| initiation | the hero faces a series of problems |
| return | with the help of a friend, the hero returns home successfully |
| pacing | a narrative technique that refers to the amount of time a writer takes to develop each stage in the plot |
| theme | a main idea that runs through a text or literary work. A writer develops a theme through events, character, setting, and plot |
| figurative language | language that is used to convey meaning beyond the literal definition of a word. Ex: similes,, metaphor allusions, and personification |
| mood | the overall emotion of a text, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| first person point of view | a character tells the story from his or her own perspective |
| third person point of view | a narrator (not a character) tells the story |
| epic | a long narrative about=the deeds of heroes or gods |
| mnemonic devices | techniques a person can use to help them remember something |
| concise | to be brief and to the point |
| tone | a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject |
| diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words |
| denotation | the direct meaning of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it |
| connotation | the implied associations, meaning, or emotions associated with a word |
| nuance | a subtle difference or distinction in meaning |
| function | how the concept operates in the real world |
| negation | showing what something is not in order to prove what it is |
| allegory | a literary technique of extending a metaphor through an entire poem or story so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text |
| rhetoric | language or speech |
| coherence | the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay |
| cliche | something that is overused |
| utopia | any place, state, or situation of ideal perfection |
| dystopia | a non ideal community or society |
| ellipsis | a row of three dots ( ... ) that indicates something has been omitted from within a quoted passage |
| brackets | ( [ ] ) are most often used to clarify the meaning of quoted material |
| science fiction | a genre in which the imaginary elements of the story could be scientifically possible |
| protagonist | is the hero or central character of a fictional text |
| antagonist | a character who actively opposed the main character |
| perspective | a point of view or a specific attitude toward something |
| Socratic | a question and answer method to search for truth and wisdom |
| seminar | a term used to describe a small group of students engaged in intensive study |
| flashback | an interruption in the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to hint a events that will occur later in the plot |
| argument | a logical appeal supported by reasons and evidence, to persuade an audience to take an action or agree with a point of view |
| illustration | explains how your solution or point of view will result in something good for the audience |
| analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
| anecdote | a short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| debate | an informal or formal discussion in which opposing arguments are put forward |
| controversial | a topic that can be debated |
| research (verb) | locating information from a variety of sources |
| research (noun) | the information found from investigated sources |
| exploited | misused or taken advantage of |
| enticing | leading someone on by inspiring hope or desire |
| lulled | given a false sense of security |
| intervene | come between people who disagree |
| hone | improve or perfect |
| moral | a lesson that a story teaches |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz or gargle |
| voice | a writer's (or speaker's) distinctive use of language to express ideas as well as his or her persona |
| paraphrase | the restating of information in one's own words |
| satire | a form of comedy that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticize issues in society or people's weaknesses |
| caricature | to exaggerate or imitate certain characteristic to create a comic or distorted idea of a person |
| delusion | persistent false belief |
| persuasion | the art of swaying others' feelings, beliefs, or actions |
| parody | a humorous imitation of another writer's work |
| hyperbole | the literary technique of extreme exaggeration for emphasis, often used for comic effect |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together |
| pun | a funny play on words. Puns are created by using words with the same sounds but different meanings |
| propaganda | any form of communication that is so distorted that it conveys false or misleading information to advance a specific belief or cause |
| simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as |
| tone | expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject |
| symbol | a person, a place, an object, an animal, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| synthesize | means to take individual pieces of information and combine them in order to gain a better understanding of a subject |
| abode | a home |
| debonair | charming |
| dilapidated | ruined |
| vigor | active healthy |
| askew | when something is off center |
| deplete | to use up or to reduce to a very small amount |
| enhancement | improves or adds to the quality or function of something |
| paradox | a person, thing, or situation that is contradictory |
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