vocab 1
a literary genre marked by gloomy or eerie moods and bleak, remote settings, weird incidents, the supernatural.
gothic
the word or words the pronoun replaces
antecdent
the Latin root meaning "see" or "look"
-spec-
a reference
citation
the central idea of the text
main idea
to restate the text in your own words
pharaprase
word choice
diction
the narrators view and understanding of the world
perspective
applies to people of all ties and places
universal
friendly exchange between speakers
banter
the intended reader
audience
a figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
personification
details the writer provides to explain and develop the central idea
supporting evidence
plot devices such as flashback may interrupt the chronological order of the plot
non linear plot
illustrate important ideas or information
elaberation
means "after death"
posthomas
a fictional narrative that is composed of a series of connected events
plot
the main reason for writing the text
authors purpose
emotional quality
mood
sound recorded from radio broadcasts, television shows, or films of the past decades
audio
related items set vertically;may be numbered or bulleted
list
repetition of the initial consonant sounds in nearby syllables
alliteration
mixing of sound fro two sources
crossfade
the central message or insight of a text
theme
events follow time order in an uninterrupted sequence
chronological order