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Narrative Vocab

Narrative Vocabulary Words

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mood The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
tone The attitude or feeling that the authors sends to the reader through the characters, choice of words, and writing style (funny, serious, cynical, etc).
theme The message about life or human nature that is "hidden" in the story.
setting The time and place in which a story takes place.
Point of View The angle from which a story is told.
plot The arrangement of ideas and/or incidents that make up a story.
foreshadowing A suggestion of what is going to happen.
suspense A sense of worry established by the author.
author's purpose The reason why the author wrote the story, article, essay (to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to explain, etc).
alliteration Repeated consonant sounds in words close together, usually using the same first letter.
onomatopoeia Words that sound like their meanings (buzz, smack, bang).
rhyme scheme The pattern at which word/line endings sound the same.
rhythm and meter Rhythm is the pulse or beat in a line of poetry.
figurative language The use of words to suggest meanings beyond the literal.
metaphor Making a comparison between unline things without the use of a verbal clue (such as "like" or "as").
simile Making a comparison between unlike things, using "like" or "as".
hyperbole Exaggeration
personification Giving human qualities or abilities to a thing or animal.
symbolism When objects or actions mean more than themselves.
imagery A concrete representation of a sense impression, a feeling, or an idea which appeals to one or more of our senses. Touch, hearing, smell, sigh, taste.
internal rhyme Rhymes contained inside lines.
Flashback Interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.
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