Vocabulary
Accurate
Correct in all details
Accompany
to happen or occur at the same time
Life lessons of stories that can be applied to anyone, anywhere, in any time.
What is universal theme?
The events that occur in a story.
What is plot?
The term used to describe the foundation of a word. Example: The _____ of Ascend is "Scend"
What is a root?
Allocate
To set aside for a particular purpose
Anticipate
To realize beforehand; to be ready or excited for something
Rhetorical device that uses repeated words to create an effect or emphasize an idea or symbol. Example: “I moved it slowly-very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man’s sleep.” (Poe 90)
The way that a text is organized; examples: cause and effect, chronological, sequence
What is text structure?
The evidence in sentences or texts that help us approximate meaning of unknown words; examples may include: synonyms or antonyms, definitions, or examples
What are Context Clues?
to estimate
Advocate
To speak or write in favor of
Repeated pattern of images or ideas throughout a story; example: in "The Leap" there are multiple instances that describe or discuss leaping.
What is motif?
a technique in narration that shows the character remembering an event earlier in their life.
What is flashback?
The Latin root of the word ascend is "scend"; This word is the meaning of the root "scend"
What is climb?
Cite
to quote someone
Thesis
The main idea of a text; usually a statement in an essay that describes the main point of the essay.
A figurative device that puts two opposing ideas or symbols close to each other for emphasis; example: Jane (poor) and Rochester (rich), a poem that mentions summer and winter.
What is Juxtaposition?
The text structure that orders information or events based on when in time they happened.
What is chronological structure?
The Latin root of the word colloquial is "loqu"; This word is the meaning of the root "loqu"
What is speak or say?
Circumstance
an incident, occurrence, or situation
Nuance
What is the word that means a subtle difference or shade of meaning?
The rhetoric device that leaves out conjunctions; example: He drove to the store, bought groceries, went home.
What is asyndeton?
The purpose of stream of consciousness narration.
The Latin root of the word resolved is "solv"; This word is the meaning of the root "solv"
What is loosen?