Vocabulary
Literary Analysis 1
Essay Writing
Literary Analysis 2
language
100
easily upset by the things that people think or say about you
What is sensitive?
100
the events of a story
What is plot?
100
The name given to an essay, a book, or any piece of writing
What is title?
100
author of The Afterlife
Who is Gary Soto?
100
a comparison between two pairs of words to show relationship
What is analogy?
200
producing a result that is wanted
What is effective?
200
a story based on real facts and information
What is nonfiction?
200
a part of a book or essay preliminary to the main portion
What is introduction?
200
the essential question of unit 7
What holds us together/ what keeps us apart?
200
past participle of lie
What is lain?
300
when everything is considered
What is altogether?
300
the place and time of a story
What is setting?
300
When you write a paper, you always end by summing up your arguments and drawing a
What is conclusion?
300
Considered the father of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
one refers to length or distance; the other means to "a greater degree," "additional," or "additionally
What is farther/further?
400
something that is planned or done on purpose
What is deliberate?
400
the set of events that solves the conflict or is the result of the climax
What is resolution?
400
introduces the issue by giving some background information.
What is argument?
400
is recognized as one of the important voices of modern American literature. A poet, educator, historian, and civil rights activist, she explores the many ways in which people view themselves and others through the lens of gender and race
Who is Maya Angelou?
400
an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning
What is denotation?
500
give time or money to make something grow
What is invest?
500
wrote a poem about America and its diverse culture
Who is Walt Whitman?
500
the opposite side of the issue you are defending
What is counter-argument?
500
reference to a well-known person, place, event, artwork, or work of literature
What is allusion?
500
past tense and past participle of lay
What is laid?
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