Vocabulary: What are the terms associated with the emotional and factual meaning of words?
Denotations and Connotation
What is the definition of assuage?
Assauage means to make better/alleviate.
What is a harangue
A harangue is a long speech or lecture
What is vexation
Vexation is something like being irritated or annoyed.
What does irresolute mean
For something to be caution or uncertain
A story can be framed inside other storied (Putting a story in a story)
What are different narritive elements?
Framing, characters, plot, setting, tone.
What is exposition
What is the difference between satire and sarcasm
Satire is used to call out something in society.
What is pacing in a story
How quickly or slowly actions unfold
Writing: What are the elements of a plot
Exposition, Rising action, climbing action, falling action, and resolution.
What are the two different kinds of characterzation
Dirrect (telling the reader) Indirect (showing the reader
What is tone
Tone is a writers opinion on the topic being writen.
what is an
Anaphora
When an author calls attention to something by using the same words over and over again
How do you slow down pacing
By taking your time and focusing on the details
Reading skill: What is the purpose of a prologue
A prologue introduces you to the world and frames the story.
What are two writing techniques where authors say the oppositie of what they mean
Sarcasm and Irony
What is perspective
Perspective can either be from a character or the writer and it is important to distinguish them.
What is figurtive language
The use of words opposite from their meaning to help get an idea accross better
What are narritive elements that look back or forward
flash back or flash forward
What is a central idea in writing?
A central idea is an overarching message or truth in the story.
What are some litterary devicies.
Allegory
Anaphora
Analagy
Apostrophe
What is ambiguity
Ambiguity is when an author leaves something up to interpretation or unlcear.
How do you make inferences
You take evidence from the text and make educated guesses from that
What does a slow pace do?