Vocabulary
The act of doing away with a system, practice, or institution.
Abolition
The central idea or message of a work of literature
Theme
Affixes added to the beginning of a word
Prefix
A sentence that encompasses your main argument or stance regarding the essay question
Thesis statement
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Connotation
The way authors look at a topic or a subject, and their attitude toward it.
Tone
Affixes that are added to the end of a word
Suffix
To eliminate errors in grammar and spelling
Edit
The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
Severely restrict the scope, extent, or activity of.
Constrain
The overall feeling that a writer creates in a literary work.
Mood
Details that readers use to support their ideas and opinions
Textual Evidence
To refine the overall message or argument
Revision
The organization of words and lines in a poem as well as its rhyme scheme and meter
Poetic Structure
The process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
Emancipation
To determine something by using reasoning and text evidence.
Infer (or inference)
The organizational pattern authors of nonfiction use to present information
Informational text structure
Any textual evidence, such as descriptions, examples, reasons, quotations that reveal expert opinions, facts, and statistics
Supporting details
The pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of lines
Rhyme scheme
a driving force or impulse
Impetus
A character's speech, thoughts, or actions are developed in a text.
Characterization
A means of sending a communication to an intended audience, such as speech, writing, and visual arts.
Medium (or Media)
Clear and direct words or phrases that have very specific meanings
Diction (Word Choice)
Poetry without a consistent meter, rhyme, or stanza length
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