Words that start with vowels
When a piece of literature talks about something that happened in another piece of literature
Allusion
The arrangement of events based on their similarities and differences.
Literary Structure - Compare/Contrast
The reason why characters act the way they do.
Character Motivations
A feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates through the use of descriptive words, imagery and figurative language
Mood
Author's choice of narrator that becomes a story.
Point of View
A note or comment added to a text to provide an explanation or criticism about a particular part of it.
Annotation
Shows the relationship between events and their origins (causes)
Literary Structure - Cause/Effect
Context Clue
Reveals the final outcome of the conflict.
Resolution
Combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning.
Oxymoron
A contrast in which the reality is the opposite of what it seems to be, often used to make humor.
Irony
Organizational framework of a story or narrative
Literary Structure - Narrative
Focusing Concept
Essential Question
Words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Homophone
Person, place or thing from which information can be obtained.
Source
Introduces characters, setting and conflict; the background information.
Exposition
Time order, the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur.
Literary Structure - Chronological order
When text refer to something that relates to the culture of a country or people.
Cultural Reference
The emotion connected to a word.
Connotation.
When an author compares two different objects using words like or as.
Simile
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
The author presents a variety of kinds of information about a topic, like historical background, characteristics, examples, comments from experts, comparisons and so on.
Literary Structure - Descriptive
Any evidence from a fiction or nonfiction text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions and thoughts.
Text Evidence
An interruption in a narrative that depicts events that have already occurred, either before the present time or before the time at which the narration takes place.
Flashback
When an author gives human qualities to a creature or an object.
Personification