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A-Day Vocab
Vocabulary for English
Question | Answer |
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Illustrate | To show or reveal |
Simile | To compare using "like" or "as" |
Sensory Language | Language that apples to the senses |
Alliteration | Starting words in a sentence with the same consonants |
Epic Poetry | A poem concerning a heroic story of some sort; a lengthy narrative poem |
Lyrical Poetry | A poem illustrating the emotions of a person or thing |
3rd Person Objective | The narrative is spoken by a seemingly neutral observer |
Mood | The way the reader feels about a story |
Tone | The way the author feels about a story |
Inference | An educated guess made from background knowledge and text connection |
Claim | The point the author is trying to make in a persuasive essay |
3rd Person Omniscient | The narrative is spoken by an all knowing observer; the author tells you everything there is to know about the story |
3rd Person Limited | The narrative is spoken usually by the person that is going through it; the reader gets only the thought of one person |
Excerpt | A fragment of a piece of literature |
Theme | A universal truth that the author is trying to convey |