Vocabulary For Fiction
Stuff to Know
Constructed Responses
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Important Terms
100
Comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor?
100
What you have when you expect one thing to happen but the opposite happens
What is irony?
100
Your response needs to begin with this
What is a topic sentence?
100
Giving human characteristics to animals or other non-human objects
What is personification?
100
The process of reaching a conclusion by using clues in the text
What is inference?
200
Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
200
The author's feelings about the subject
What is tone?
200
This supports your point
What is textual evidence?
200
The way a text is organized
What is text structure?
200
The reason the author wrote the text
What is author's purpose?
300
The way the author develops the character
What is characterization?
300
The feelings the reader gets from the text -- it is created through diction and setting
What is mood?
300
Your response should end with a strong this
What is conclusion?
300
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem
What is the rhyme scheme?
300
The feelings associated with a word
What is connotation?
400
The time, place, etc. of the story
What is setting?
400
Words in the text appeal to the senses
What is imagery?
400
The minimum number of sentences your response should be
What is five?
400
A hint at things to come
What is foreshadowing?
400
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
500
The lesson or main idea of the story
What is theme?
500
Conversation between characters in a text
What is dialogue?
500
This will help you answer the question
What is breaking down the question?
500
Question asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer
What is a rhetorical question?
500
A recurring symbol or motif in literature
What is an archetype?
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