Starts with "A"
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
ALLITERATION
Explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence and appropriate discussion
EXPOSITION/EXPOSITORY WRITING
Sequence of events in a story (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
PLOT
Time of day, location, year, historical time, place, situation of a story
SETTING
Central idea or a message of a work, it offers insight into life
THEME
Using character and/or story elements to symbolically represent something else
ALLEGORY
Word choice
DICTION
Perspective a story is told from (first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient).
POINT OF VIEW
Figure of speech which exaggeration is used for effect
HYPERBOLE
The sentence that directly expresses the author’s purpose, opinion, meaning, position, and intent for writing. It has several parts: Main idea, audience and author’s attitude. Expository writing is judged on how well the rest of the writing proves and supports the thesis.
THESIS
brief reference to a figure, event or object. Can be Biblical, historical, mythological, historical, literary, political, etc.
ALLUSION
the study of motives, actions, thoughts dialogue, development and interactions with others
CHARACTERIZAION
Main character in a story/ A person or group who oppose the main character
PROTAGONIST
Anything that represents itself and stands for something else as well. The symbol is usually something concrete (person, thing, action, etc) that represents something abstract (ideas, concepts, beliefs, etc).
SYMBOLISM
A word or phrase that links different ideas. Used especially in expository writing to shift from one idea to another
TRANSITION
rhetorical device strongly characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses or phrases
ANTITHESIS
One’s own or cultural interpretation of something/ dictionary definition
CONNOTATION/DENOTATION
Writing intended to bring people to the same conclusion as the writer
PERSUASIVE
Group or individual vices or follies held up to censure by means of ridicule or derision, ideally to bring about improvement
SATIRE
The author’s attitude towards the work, often easier to determine in spoken language than written words. Different from Mood in that it does not take into account how the reader will/does feel.
TONE
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition
ANAPHORA
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing
COLLOQUIALISM
A statement that seems to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contain some truth or validity
PARADOX
The study of patterns or formations of sentences or phrases
SYNTAX
A figure of speech where the writer groups words that seems to form a paradox
OXYMORON