Vocabulary
This term refers to the central message or main idea in a text
THEME
Annotating/annotations
Who does a universal theme apply to?
Anyone/everyone-- regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, social status, culture, etc.
Giving human like qualities to non-human or living objects
Personification
What is it called when something unexpected happens in a story?
Plot Twist
A hint of future events
Foreshadowing
The atmosphere created in the readers by an author's word choices.
MOOD
The Necklace is told in what POV?
Third person LIMITED
Extreme exaggeration "I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!"
Hyperbole
What era were Lizabeth and her family living in?
1930s The Great Depression
When the audience knows something the characters and the story are unaware of
This is DRAMATIC irony
A heart, a peace sign, and a dove are examples of this literary device
SYMBOLISM
What does an author use to create humor in a text?
Irony and satire
"Been alone my whole life, but you helped me forget
Then you made me remember my heart cold as December" -Poison, Rod Wave
Simile
"But my dear Mathilde, the necklace was paste! It only costed 500 francs" This is an example of:
Situational Irony
The point of highest emotional intensity in a story.
Climax
List all 7 key elements of a story
Tone/mood, conflict, theme, setting, plot, characterization, POV
How an author feels about a topic is also known as
Narrators perspective
"Poverty was the cage in which we all were trapped, and our hatred 40 of it was still the vague, undirected restlessness of the zoo-bred flamingo who knows that nature created him to fly free." - Marigolds
Metaphor
The emotional response created by a word. These are the CONNECTIONS we make to a word
Connotation
The literal, dictionary definition of a word is known as
Denotation
The author’s attitude reveals..
TONE
What is the difference between a theme and a topic?
Topic is one word a theme is a statement/sentence
Corey craved caramel apples constantly before the carnival
Alliteration
When trying to determine the meaning of a word in a text, students should use this
Context Clues