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week 10 vocab
week 10 English vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tall Tale | A humorously exaggerated story about impossible events, often involving the supernatural events of the main character. |
| Theme | An underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand. |
| Tragedy | A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events. |
| Understatement | A technique of creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true. It is the opposite of hyperbole. |
| Assumption | An opinion or belief that is taken for granted. It can be about a specific situation, a person, or the world in general. |
| Credibility | Believability or trustworthiness of a source and the information it contains. |
| Bias | An inclination toward a particular judgment on a topic or issue. A writer often reveals a strongly positive or strongly negative opinion by presenting only one way of looking at an issue by heavily weighing the evidence. |
| Cause and Effect | A cause is an event or action that directly results in another event or action. An effect is the direct or logical outcome of an event or action. |
| Compare and Contrast | To identify similarities and differences in two or more subjects. |
| Controlling Idea | The main or central idea about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys. It could be the main idea of the entire work or just a paragraph. |
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