Vocabulary
summary
a brief statement or account of the main points of something
What is Pathos
appeal to emotion
What is the name of the narrator of the novel?
Charlie
an example of first person point of view
using I, my, we
- I like music festivals. I am planning to go to many festivals this year.
simile
comparing two things using like or as
theme
a central idea, message, or underlying meaning that an author explores in a story
Logos
appeal to logic (stats)
Who is Charlie's favorite teacher
Mr. Anderson
difference between their/ there/ they're
their - "belonging to them"
there - place or location
they're - contraction of they are
personification
human characteristics to something nonhuman
tone
the author's attitude or mood conveyed through their writing
Ethos
appeal to credibility, trustworthiness, or authority
Charlie's friends
Sam and Patrick
Title of a short story is
in quotation marks
onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
(BOOM, BUZZ, BANG)
genre
a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
novels are
in italics
what traumatic event from Charlie's past is revealed near the end of the novel?
his aunt Helen's abuse
Homophones are
two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
thesis statement
the main point or argument about a literary work, often expressed in a single sentence, that the essay will explore and support
song titles are in
quotation marks
What format is the novel written in
epistolary
second person point of view uses
personal pronoun "you" to address the reader
symbolism
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities