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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dialogue | the words spoken between characters in literary writing |
| autobiography | an account of a person's life written or told by that person |
| narrative | writing that tells a fiction or nonfiction story |
| chronological order | time order; when the order of events is told from first to last or last to first |
| first person point of view | narrator takes part in the action and events of the story |
| first person pronouns | I, me, my, we, our |
| flashback | when a story goes back in time (memories, setting, historical event) |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to let the reader know what will happen later |
| irony | what the reader thought would happen, doesn't; a twist of fate |
| monolouge | when one character speaks either to the audience or himself during a play |
| mood | the emotional feeling an author creates through his writing |
| dramatic irony | when the reader knows more than the characters do |
| plot | the action and events resulting in the climax and resolution of the conflict |
| problem | the conflict to be resolved |
| prose | written and spoken language used by people (not used to describe poetry) |
| reflection | to look back and learn from the past so that we can grow and change |
| setting | the time and place of the piece of literature |
| theme | the main idea of the story |
| verbal irony | sarcasm through dialogue; what the character says is not what he means |
| biography | an account of a person's life written or told by another person |
| genre | types of writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, memoir |
| second person point of view | when the narrator speaks directly to the reader |
| second person pronoun | you |
| analyze | to break something apart so you can understand the whole |
| cause/effect | because one event happens, another event follows |
| compare/contrast | similarities and differences |
| deduce | to take away everything you know something can't be, so you are left with the right answer or solution |
| inferince | an educated guess; coming up with an answer when all the information isn't present |
| pursuisive | writing intended to have someone take a side or act a certain way |
| summerize | tell the main points or ideas of a passage |
| support | give examples, details, reasons |
| text features | elements found in writing to emphasize specific points and sections (bullets, charts, graphs, pictures, captions, headings, subheadings) |
| stanza | a group of consecutive lines in a poem ( like a paragraph in writing) |
| sonnet | a poem of 14 lines with length and rhymes that follow one of several patterns |
| balled | a simple song or poem that usually tells a story |
| alliteration | the repeating of initial consonant sounds in words in a line of writing (usually poetry) |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
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