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to take time to give information about a topic (especially who, what, when, where, why and how)
What is Explain
100
To present a clear picture using words to help the reader visualize details
What is describe
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The underlying message, the "big idea", and the author's critical belief
What is theme
100
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place, or plot development
What is Tone
100
To do a step-by-step procedure about how to do something
What is demonstrate
200
Part of the script of the play that tells the actors how they should move or speak their lines.
What is stage direction
200
Person who writes books, stories, or articles
What is author
200
A comparison of two unlike subjects or ideas that says one thing IS another WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as"
What is Metaphor
200
Person who writes plays or adapts stories into plays to be acted out in word or action for an audience
What is playwright
200
Using words to paint images in the mind using words that appeal to the sense--sight, touch, taste, smell, or sound
What is imagery
300
Writing used to explain or inform a reader about a certain topic
What is expository nonfiction
300
Attaching human traits and characteristics to inanimate objects
What is Personification
300
To ask yourself: "what does the author mean?" and write it in your own words
What is interpret
300
Anything (usually an object) that represents more than it's literal meaning
What is symbolism
300
The narrative voice of a poem that speaks of his or her situation or feelings
What is speaker
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What drives a character to do actions or have thoughts in a story
What is motivtion
400
The authors word choice
What is diction
400
The feeling the reader gets from the reading an author's words
What is Mood
400
To break something apart further and discuss how each part functions as a part of the whole
What is analyze
400
Characters presented by: description, actions, thoughts, speech, and interactions with other characters
What is characterization
500
Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
What is Poetry
500
A long speech by one actor in a play during a conversation
What is soliloquies
500
When characters or actors speak one's thoughts aloud when by oneself during a play
What is Monologue
500
Writer takes a position on an issue and attempts to influence thinking and actions
What is persuasive
500
The writer gives an advance hint of what would later happen in the story
What is foreshadowing