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Means "after death"
Posthumously
The Latin Root meaning"see" or "look"
Spec
Details the writer provides to explain and develop the central idea
Supporting Details
Emotional quality
Tone
A word that takes the place of a noun
Pronoun
The intended reader
Audience
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
Personification
The main reason for writing the text
Authors Purpose
The central message or insight of a text
Theme
Latin Root meaning "hand"
Man
To restate the text in your own words
Paraphrase
A fictional narrative that is composed of a series of connected events
Plot
Mixing of sound from two sources
Crossfade
The central idea of the text
Main idea
The conflict ends
Resolution
The word or words the pronoun replaces
Antecedent
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds in nearby syllables
Alliteration
A reference
Allusion
Friendly exchange between speakers
Banter
An abbreviated way of saying two words
Contraction
Word choice
Diction
The narrator's view and understanding of the world
Point of view
Applies to people of all times and places
Universal Theme
Uses of language that create a musical pattern
Sound Devices
Time and place of the action
Setting