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Academic Language
Units 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Narrator | The person who tells the story |
| Protagonist | The main character in a fictional story |
| Antagonist | The adversary or opponent who causes conflict for the main character |
| Literal Language | Exactly what it says; no exaggeration |
| Figurative Language | What it means in an exaggerated way |
| Restated Answer | Correctly and clearly answers the question while using words from the question in the answer |
| Character Traits | Qualities (adjectives) that describe how a character acts |
| Characterization | The process by which the author reveals the personality of a character |
| Direct Characterization | Directly states the trait of the character |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words |
| Allusion | A reference in a work of literature to a well-known cultural, historical, or literary event, person, or work |
| Text Evidence | Specific details from the text; Can be directly quoted or paraphrased |
| Indirect Characterization | Reveals the personality, not directly stated, must be inferred |
| Speech (STEAL) | What the character says and how they say it |
| Thoughts (STEAL) | What the character thinks |
| Effects (STEAL) | The characters effect on others and how they interact with other characters |
| Actions (STEAL) | What the character does and how they behave |
| Looks (STEAL) | What the character looks like and how they present themselves |
| Cliché | An expression that has been used so often that it has become common and sometimes boring |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true |
| Direct Quote | Words that are copied down exactly from the text using quotation marks |
| Quotation Marks | A punctuation mark indicating words have been copied down exactly from an author |
| Plot | The series of events that make up a fictional story |
| Exposition | The beginning of the story that introduces the setting, characters, and conflict |
| Setting | When and where a story takes place |
| Idiom | An expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of it’s individual words |
| Imagery | The sensory details and images evoked by the words of a story |
| Paraphrase | Details from the text that have been put into your own words |
| Conflict | The struggle or problem the protagonist faces |
| Internal Conflict | When a character struggles with a problem in his/her heart or mind |
| Person vs. Self | A problem within ones self, in their heart or mind |
| External Conflict | When a character struggles with an outside force |
| Person vs. Person | A person is in conflict with someone else |
| Person vs. Nature | A person is in conflict with an element of nature |
| Person vs. Society | A person is in conflict with the rules/expectations of society |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison between two unlike things |
| Onomatopoeia | use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action |
| Parenthetical Citation | Credit given to an author for text evidence used in a student’s writing written in parentheses |
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