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Content Vocab (Lit)
Term | Definition |
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mood | the overall feeling the story creates for the reader |
situational irony | when what happens in a story is the opposite of what is expected |
vernal irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning ( sarcasm) |
allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or from another source |
mood | the overall feeling the story creates for the reader |
situational irony | when what happens in a story is the opposite of what is expected |
verbal irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning(sarcasm) |
allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or from another source |
tone | the voice a writer uses to create mood in a piece of writing |
symbol | something that represents something else |
inferred theme | a theme that is not directly stated in the text |
analyze | to break apart in order to study a concept more in depth |
synthesize | to combine different parts or ideas in order to come up with a new idea or theory |
infer | using observation and background knowledge to reach a logical conclusiom |
textual evidence | verifiable proof that is taken directly from the text to support an answer |