Category 1
THE TIME, PLACE, WEATHER CONDITIONS, ETC. IN A STORY.
Setting
A comparison of two things without using like or as
Metaphor
A comparison using like or as
Simile
THE TURNING POINT IN A STORY OR HIGHEST POINT OF INTEREST IN THE STORY
Climax
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES
Conflict
THE USE OF ONE THING TO REPRESENT ANOTHER
Symbolism
THE AUTHOR’S CENTRAL MESSAGE IN A PIECE OF LITERATURE
Theme
To examine, inspect or breakdown
Analyze
the act or process of inferring; using information to come to a logical conclusion; assumption or educated guess in English
Inference
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
THE FEELING
OR ATMOSPHERE
CREATED WHEN READING A TEXT.
Mood
A conversation between two characters.
Dialogue
THE ATTITUDE AN AUTHOR TAKES TOWARDS HIS/HER
SUBJECT.
Tone
A category of music or literary composition categorized by style
Genre
Facts or information presented together as a body of support for a claim
Evidence
THE REASON AN AUTHOR WROTE THE PIECE OF LITERATURE
Author's Purpose
THE REPETITION OF THE INITIAL CONSONANT SOUND.
Alliteration
THE WAY IN WHICH A WRITER REVEALS HIS/HER CHARACTERS.
Characterization
fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; clear
Explicit
THE USE OF SENSORY DETAILS TO DESCRIBE AN EXPERIENCE
Imagery
The way a person speaks based off of where they are from
Dialect
THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH AN AUTHOR TELLS A STORY
-or-
THE AUTHOR’S BELIEFS/ATTITUDES/VALUES/EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCE WHAT AND HOW THEY WRITE
Point of view / Perspective
Implied rather than expressly and directly stated
Implicit
To predict something or give a hint about something that has not yet happened
Foreshadow
THE EMOTIONAL CONTENT OF A WORD
Connotation