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Academic Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Literary Elements | are the thing that all literature-whether it's a new article, a book, or a poem-absolutely have to have. |
| Literary devices | are optional techniques that writers pick and choose form to shape their style, genre,tone,meaning, and theme of their works. Ex: symbolism,figurative language, flashback. |
| Plot | the plot of a work is defined as the sequence of events that occurs from the first line to the last. |
| Characterization | the creation or construction of a fictional character. Authors create complex fictional characters. They are unique in their motivations (wants and needs) relationships emotions character traits. |
| Conflict | is the central struggle that motivates the characters to act. It leads to work's climax and resolution. Conflict my be implicit so it is usually necessary to read "between the lines" and infer the conflict. |
| Inference | combining information from a text with background knowledge to reach a conclusion or full in missing information. |
| Analyze | is a detailed splitting up and examination of a work of literature. A close study of the various elements and the relationship between them. |
| Point of View | is what the character or narrator telling the story can see. Depending on who the narrator is, he/she will be standing at one point and seeing the action. Point of view can be described as first person, second person, and third person. |
| Perspective | A character's individual interpretation of an event, conflict, character, or circumstance. |
| Summary | A brief accounting of the main events of the text told in chronological order and which does not include the reader's opinion. |
| Topic | The subject of a text, what a text is about |
| Subtopic | A topic that is one of the parts or divisions of the main topic of a piece of writing |
| Nonfiction Text Structure | The way a nonfiction text is organized. There are 5 main types: Description, Sequence / Chronological Order, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution. |
| Theme | is the universal underlying message the author is trying to teach to the reader. It is implicit in the text, so readers must be alert to the clues the author is leaving the reader. |
| Domain specific vocabulary | Is the language that is used primarily within one area of knowledge but not others. |
| Transitions | A word or phase that connects one idea. It also shows how paragraphs are related to each other and connect to the overall purpose of the paper. |
| Main idea | A complete sentence about what the author is trying to teach the reader about the topic of a text. |
| Key details | Important information that supports the main idea. These are facts or examples about important people, places, and events. |
| Text Features | All of the parts of an article or nonfiction text that are not the main text but still contain important information. Ex: Table of Contents, Glossary, Captions. |
| Claim | A statement that is open to debate, not a statement of fact. It provides a "road map" or guide to how I write my response. |
| Analysis | A detailed splitting up and examination of a text. “Splitting up” is breaking the text into its literary elements such as- plot, character, conflict, theme, setting, and author's craft. |
| Evidence | Specific examples from the text. It could be a brief summary of an event, a piece of dialogue, or any important line of text that reveals information about the plot, character, conflict, theme, setting, or author’s craft. |
| Counterclaim | This is an alternative perspective on a topic. Multiple perspectives are possible when we examine complicated issues. |
| Characters | A piece of literature has to have at least one character, which can be a person, an object, or an animal. The protagonist is the main character. Antagonists are the characters that oppose the protagonist in some way. |
| Setting | Is the time and location in which the story takes place. This can include the geographical location, scenery, physical location of objects in a room, the time period, the season of the year, weather, and more. |
| Inner thinking | A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. |
| Tone | The author’s attitude about a topic or subject, often conveyed through the word choice. |
| External Conflict | Is a problem or struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force. |
| Internal Conflict | Happens when a character struggles with something within themselves. The character may have contradicting wants, needs, or values. Examples of internal conflict: Character vs. Self. |
| Connotative meaning | Is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. For example, blue is a color, but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness, as in: “She's feeling blue.” |
| Denotative meaning | The commonly accepted meaning or the definition that you would find if you were to look up that word in a dictionary. |
| Dialogue | Spoken language by a character in a story, usually in quotation marks. |
| Sensory language | Words used to create images that trigger the reader’s senses. These include sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. |
| Genre | Category of literature, art, or music that involves a particular set of characteristics. |
| Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. |
| Implicit | Something that is implied and not stated directly in the text. |
| Explicit | Stated clearly in the text, leaving no doubt or confusion. |
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