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200

THE TIME, PLACE, WEATHER CONDITIONS, ETC. IN A STORY.

Setting

200

A comparison of two things without using like or as

Metaphor

200

A comparison using like or as

Simile

200

THE TURNING POINT IN A STORY OR HIGHEST POINT OF INTEREST IN THE STORY

Climax

200

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES

Conflict

400

THE USE OF ONE THING TO REPRESENT ANOTHER

Symbolism

400

THE AUTHOR’S CENTRAL MESSAGE IN A PIECE OF LITERATURE

Theme 

400

To examine, inspect or breakdown 

Analyze 

400

the act or process of inferring; using information to come to a logical conclusion; assumption or educated guess in English

Inference 

400

An extreme exaggeration

Hyperbole 

600

THE FEELING

OR ATMOSPHERE

CREATED WHEN READING A TEXT.

Mood

600

A conversation between two characters.

Dialogue

600

THE ATTITUDE AN AUTHOR TAKES TOWARDS HIS/HER

SUBJECT.

Tone 

600

A category of music or literary composition categorized by style

Genre

600

Facts or information presented together as a body of support for a claim

Evidence

800

THE REASON AN AUTHOR WROTE THE PIECE OF LITERATURE

Author's Purpose

800

THE REPETITION OF THE INITIAL CONSONANT SOUND.

Alliteration 

800

THE WAY IN WHICH A WRITER REVEALS HIS/HER CHARACTERS.

Characterization

800

fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; clear

Explicit

800

THE USE OF SENSORY DETAILS TO DESCRIBE AN EXPERIENCE

Imagery 

1000

The way a person speaks based off of where they are from

Dialect

1000

THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH AN AUTHOR TELLS A STORY 

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THE AUTHOR’S BELIEFS/ATTITUDES/VALUES/EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCE WHAT AND HOW THEY WRITE



Point of view / Perspective

1000

Implied rather than expressly and directly stated

Implicit 

1000

To predict something or give a hint about something that has not yet happened

Foreshadow

1000

THE EMOTIONAL CONTENT OF A WORD

Connotation 

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