vocab 1
Paraphrase
To restate the text in your own words.
Diction
Word choice
Perspective
The narrators view and understanding of the world.
Universal
Applies to people of all times and places.
Example
Illustrate important ideas or information.
Audience
The intended reader.
Personification
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
Text evidence
Details the writer provides to explain and develop the central idea.
Non-linear
plot devices- such as flashback- may interrupt the chronological order of the plot.
Sound device
Sound recorded from radio broadcasts,television shows,or films of the past decades.
Posthumously
Means ''after death''
Novel
A fictional narrative that is composed of a series of connected events.
Authors purpose
The main reason for writing the text.
Mood
Emotional quality
Linear
Events follow time order in an uninterrupted sequence.
List
Related items set vertically,may be numbered or bulleted.
Alliteration
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds in nearby syllables.
Sound
Mixing of sound from two sources
Theme
The central message or insight of a text.
Exposition
The setting,characters,and basic situation.
Antecedent
The words or words the pronoun replaces.
Spec
The Latin Root meaning ''see'' or ''look''.
Citation
A reference
Main idea
The central idea of the text.
Pronoun
A word that takes the place of a noun.