Vocab 1
Time and place of the action
Setting
Word choice
Diction
The intended reader
Audince
Means after death
posthumanly
The Latin root meaning "see"or "Look"
spec
Illustrate important ideas of information
Images
The conflict reaches the highest point of tension or uncertainty
The Climax
Emotional quality of a text
Mood
Mixing of sound from two sources
Crossfade
The main reason for writing the text
Authors purpose
The central message or insight of a text
Theme
The central idea of the text
Main Idea
Events follow time order in an uninterrupted sequence
Chronological order
The conflict ends
Resolution
A reference
illusion
Latin Root meaning "hand"
Man
The setting, characters, and basic situation
Expsition
Sound recorded from radio broadcasts, TV shows, or films from the past decades
Archival audio
The contrast between what a character thinks to be true and what the audience knows to be true
Dramatic Irony
uses of language that creates a musical pattern
Rythm
Comes from the Greek and means "all, every, whole"
PAN
An abbreviated way of saying two words
Contractation
Friendly exchange between speakers
Banter
Suggests the ideas that will appear in a particular section of a text
Subheading
A word that takes the place of a noun
Pronoun