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Vocab. ~ Mrs. Terry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words, |
| analogy | A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure, |
| antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary, |
| antonym | A word opposite in meaning to another, |
| autobiography | An account of a person's life written by that person, |
| biography | An account of someone's life written by someone else, |
| conflict | A serious disagreement or argument, |
| context | The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning, |
| diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing, |
| excerpt | Take (a short extract) from a text, |
| fact | A thing that is indisputably the case, |
| fiction | short stories and novels, about imaginary events and people, |
| foreshadowing | Be a warning or indication of a future event, |
| flashback | A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story, |
| genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter, |
| inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning, |
| main idea | the main points of a speech; the subtopics of a speech, |
| metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, |
| moral | A lesson, esp. one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience, |
| narrative | A spoken or written account of connected events; a story, |
| narrator | A person who narrates something, esp. the events of a novel or narrative poem: "his poetic efforts are mocked by the narrator of the story, |
| nonfiction | Prose writing based on facts, such as biography or history , |
| ono | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named , |
| opinion | A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge, |
| personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form, |
| plot | A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful, |
| point of view | A particular attitude or way of considering a matter, |
| protagonist | The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text , |
| rhyme | Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry, |
| setting | The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place, |
| sequence | A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other, |
| similie | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind , |
| suspense | A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen, |
| synonym | A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language , |
| theme | The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition |
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