ACT Vocabulary
This word refers to the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or social group.
CULTURE
This person wrote "Romeo and Juliet".
SHAKESPEARE
This figurative language directly compares two things using "like" or "as".
SIMILE
This writing structure puts events in order of the time they took place; typically, first to last.
CHRONOLOGICAL
A creative work that consists of characters, events, or places that are imaginary.
FICTION
This means to examine methodically.
ANALYZE
This person wrote "Pride and Prejudice".
JANE AUSTEN
This figurative language gives human-like characteristics to nonhuman things.
PERSONIFICATION
The aim of this writing style is meant to influence the reader to assume the author's point of view.
PERSUASIVE (Argumentative will be accepted as well)
Writings that are based on facts, real events, and real people. Examples include biographies or history.
NONFICTION
This means to make a broad statement by inferring from specific cases.
GENERALIZATION
This person wrote "Red Badge of Courage"
STEPHEN CRANE
This figurative language describes an object or action in a way that is not literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
METAPHOR
This writing style is meant to tell a story, whether real or imaginary, of the characters. This style often has a narrator telling the story and can include dialogue.
NARRATIVE
A classic or legendary story that focuses on a particular hero or even and explains mysteries of nature, existence, or the universe with no true basis in fact.
MYTH (or MYTHOLOGY)
This means sentimental longing.
NOSTALGIA
This person wrote "The Great Gatsby".
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This figurative language is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point but not meant to be taken literally.
HYPERBOLE
This style of writing is meant to help the reader visualize, in detail, a character, event, place, or all of these things at once.
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
This genre usually focuses on a murder or crime, remains mysterious to the end, and includes suspects, motive, and opportunity.
MYSTERY
This means not allowing fluid to pass through.
Impervious
This person wrote "Beloved".
TONI MORRISON
This figurative language aims to humorously make a play on words by using ones that have more than one meaning, or words that sound similar but have different meanings, in order to make a joke.
PUN
This type of writing exposes, or sets forth, facts.
EXPOSITORY WRITING
This literary genre typically takes place in the past and mixes a fictional event or character(s) with historical accuracy regarding social norms, manners, and customs of the historical period it takes place in.
HISTORICAL FICTION