Unit 1
Definition: To explain in detail.
What is expound?
Definition: inclined to be silent or quiet; not speaking much
What is taciturn?
Definition:to make a long oration or speak at length
What is harangue?
Definition: intrusive; meddlesome.
What is Officious?
violent and momentous event that causes widespread destruction
What is Cataclysm?
An educated guess.
What is inference?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is an Denotation?
Used to lead one story, or plot, into another
What is Framing?
Clearly stated and in detail, leaving no room for confusion.
What is Explicit?
to manipulate and interrupt the normal sequence of actions and events of the story, taking readers back in time.
What is a Flashback?
Understood despite being clearly stated
What is Implicit?
Refers to the emotional feelings or ideas that are associated with a word and that make a reader respond either positively or negatively.
What is connotation?
The way an author conveys specific details about a character and reveals a character’s personality. This can be done directly or indirectly
What is Characterization?
The author’s or a character’s attitudes, values, or opinions that influence the representation of a topic. Perspective can be directly or indirectly stated.
What is Perspective?
hints at a plot event or action that has not yet happened, intentionally directing readers’ thoughts toward an idea of what the future might hold within the world of the narrative.
What is Foreshadowing?
Creates a connection between two things or ideas, based on similarities of the two.
What is an analogy?
Is a story in which the characters or events are symbolic. Writers often create allegories to exemplify moral or spiritual truths.
What is Allegory?
Speed up or slow down the pace to heighten or lighten suspense.
What is Pacing?
Also based in opposites, has a more controversial goal than sarcasm: to call into question existing customs, traditions, or institutions to effect change or improvement.
What is Satire?
A person who actively opposes someone or something.
What is an Antagonist?
The use of words whose sounds repeat what the word represents such as achoo, bang, crunch, zap, buzz, woof, sniff, ha-ha, huh, choo-choo.
What is an Onomatopoeia?
Is exaggeration. Sometimes it is used to make a point, sometimes to get a strong emotional response from the reader. When a writer uses hyperbole, it is often so much of an exaggeration that the reader cannot take it literally.
What is Hyperbole?
Creates emphasis by intentionally giving less significance to a situation than it really has, or saying less than is actually true.
What is an Understatement?
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
What is Irony?
refers to a hypothetical or imaginary society marked by oppression, rebellion, revolution, overpopulation, and/or war.
What is Dystopia?