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A brief statement of the main events or most important parts of a story
What is Summary
100
A figure of speech USING "like" or "as" to compare seemingly unlike things.
What is Simile
100
A figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea.
What is Personification
100
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader using figurative language, descriptive words, and imagery.
What is Mood
100
A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."
What is Metaphor
200
the overall message of an entire text or section of a text
What is Main idea
200
Language that emphasizes sense impressions that help the reader see, hear, feel, smell, and taste things described in the work.
What is Imagery
200
An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story
What is Foreshadowing
200
Conversation between characters in a story or play
What is Dialogue
200
to review or analyze critically
What is Critique
300
Show how things are different; differences
What is Contrast
300
To decide after careful thought
What is Conclude
300
Show how things are similar; similarities
What is Compare
300
The process through which an author reveals the character traits and personality of a character.
What is Characterization
300
a persuasive technique used in media messages that appeals to the "everyone is doing it" mentality
What is Bandwagon Appeal
400
A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
What is Theme
400
An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.
What is Symbol
400
The intention or objective in a piece of writing
What is Purpose
400
language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices
What is Figurative Language
400
a vocabulary exercise in which an association between a concept and its attribute is present (e.g., hot:cold as north:____.)
What is Analogy
500
a logical guess made by connecting bits of information.
What is Inference
500
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization
What is Tone
500
The perspective from which a story is told
What is Point of View
500
A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.
What is Irony
500
flawed ideas that emerge when a reader pieces information together solely by inference and fails to consider other possible interpretations
What is False Assumption
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