Vocab
Origin
What is Lineage?
Something clearly stated
What is explicit meaning?
Onomatopoeia
What is repeating of sounds?
What is literary devices?
Characterization
What is narrative element?
to ease or reduce
What is allay?
explains or clarifies one item in terms of another on a nonliteral level
What is figurative language?
an exaggeration used to make a point or to get a strong emotional response from the reader
What is hyperbole?
a nonliteral comparison between two unlike items
What is Metaphor?
an approach in which the writer or speaker in a work addresses a character in the work directly
What is Apostrophe?
feeling of dread
What is apprehension?
uses words in a way that implies the opposite of their literal meaning, showing a contrast about reality and expectation
What is irony?
a form of verbal irony that sounds like praise but intentionally mocks or ridicules
What is sarcasm?
The author gives only certain characters that power of perspective, and including the perspectives of these characters enhances meaning.
What is Character Perspectives?
uses humor or irony to ridicule customs or institutions found in a society
What is satire?
a record of yearly events
What is annals?
is a nonliteral comparison that is stated outright by the use of the signal words “like” or “as.”
What is simile?
to make white or pale
What is blanch?
it is not stated but can be understood
What is implicit?
means having unclear or uncertain meaning
What is ambiguity?
sharp or penetrating
What is keen?
A slow pace/A fast pace
What is pacing?
provoke deeper thought
What is humor?
is the rhythm of the story
What is pacing?
where the story occurs
What is setting?