reference to a person, place, or event from literature or history.
What is allusion
100
a guess based on evidence in a text
What is inference
100
the narrator knows everything about all characters
What is third person omniscient
100
this language involves the use of words and phrases to mean something other than the dictionary definition
What is figurative language
100
decision you make about all or part of the passage based on information from the passage based on information from the text, inferences you make as you read, and your prior knowledge.
What is conclusion
200
a character who follows a specific pattern of behavior
What is archetype
200
revealed through direct statements, action, dialogue, thoughts and emotions, and interactions with other characters
What is characterization
200
the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character and uses the pronouns he/she
What is limited third person
200
dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation
200
author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone
300
a comparison that shows the similarities between two things
What is analogy
300
when the audience/reader knows something that a character does not know
What is dramatic irony
300
the narrator is a character in the story and uses the personal pronoun "I"
What is first person point of view
300
the emotions or attitudes words express
What is connotation
300
an idea that a reader reaches by putting the information in a text together with what he or she already knows
What is inference
400
conversation between characters
What is dialogue
400
when a character's or narrator's words do no match what they really mean
What is verbal irony
400
general idea or the repeated idea throughout a text
What is theme
400
what a text is mainly about
What is main idea
400
tell the ways the text are similar
What is compare
500
sequence of events in a story (exposition, central conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
What is plot
500
when you expect one situation to happen but the opposite occurs
What is situational irony
500
state of uncertainty. The author uses this to keep the readers's interest and keep the reader wondering about what will happen