english vocab; list of terms can be found on back of syllabus
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| stories in which characters and places stand for virtues and vices | ||
| something (object, setting, event, animal, person, etc.) that functions in a story the way you'd expect it to but also stands for something more than itself, usually something abstract | ||
| repitition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together | ||
| reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts | ||
| offers a choice of more than one meaning or interpretation | ||
| includes verbal, situational, and dramatic | ||
| used when someone says one thing but means the opposite | ||
| describes an occurrence that is the opposite of what we expected | ||
| occures when we know what is in store for a character but the character does not know | ||
| comparison made between two things to show how they are alike | ||
| very brief account of a particular incident | ||
| in a play, words spoken by a character directly to the audience or to another character but not overheard by others onstage | ||
| repitition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together | ||
| all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | ||
| way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people | ||
| writer's or speaker's choice of words | ||
| short piece of nonfiction that examines a single subjest from a limited point of view | ||
| type of writing that explains, gives information, or clarifies an idea | ||
| language based on some sort of comparison that is not literally true | ||
| scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative peom that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time | ||
| character who serves as a contrast to another character | ||
| the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot | ||
| figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect | ||
| expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words | ||
| the language that appeals to our five senses and createes images in our minds | ||
| figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles | ||
| type of writing that tells about a series of related events | ||
| prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places | ||
| long fictional prose narrative, usually of more than fifty thousand words | ||
| use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning | ||
| a statement or a situation that seems to be a contradiction but that reveals a truth | ||
| repetitions of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea | ||
| mask or voice assumed by a writer | ||
| type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human | ||
| type of writing designed to schange the way a reader or listener thinks or acts | ||
| includes omniscient, third person limited, and first person | ||
| point of view in which a godlike observer knows everything that is going on in the story, can see into every character's heart and mind, and tells us what each character is thinking | ||
| point of view in which the story is told by an outside observer, who frequently refers to characters with third person pronouns (he, she, they) | ||
| point of view in which the story is told by a character that participates in the story, usually a main character | ||
| type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to reveal a weakness or to bring about social reform | ||
| long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses private thoughts or feelings | ||
| a special way of using words | ||
| idea or insight about life and human nature that gives the story meaning | ||
| the attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the reader | ||
| play, novel, or other narrative, depicting serious and important events, in which the main character comes to an unhappy end | ||
| the writer's or speaker's distinctive use of language in a text | ||
| dictionary definition |
