Accel English Literacy Terms

Just Vocab

Abstract

Things you can't touch like love, hate, feelings.

Allusion

Person giving or dropping a reference.

Ambiguity

Unclear on purpose to "hook" someone onto a topic

Analogy

Something used to explain something else.

Anecdote

A little story

Antagonist

Bad guy/Villain, works against the Protagonist.

Characterization

How author's describe a character.

Climax

Peak of the story

Concrete

Things you can touch like chairs, objects, and doors.

Conflict

Problems that are either internal or external.

Connotation

Words that are different but creates a positive, neutral, or negative impact.

Denotation

Dictionary meaning/Literal meaning

Diction

Word choice

Dramatic Irony

When the audience knows something the characters don't

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

credibility, emotion, logic.

Euphemism

People trying to be polite in less offensive way.

Exigency

The impetus/motivation to act upon something.

Figurative Language

Describe or explain a language

Flashback

Reliving a moment in time before return to the present.

Foil

Supports the main character.

Foreshadow

Author drops a subtle hint before the event happens.

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Imagery

Author uses senses to describe what's going on.

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality (Opposites)

Juxtaposition

Making connections between things that seem a bit different.

Metaphor

A direct comparison of two different things

Metonymy

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it.

Mood

Something that evokes emotion.

Narrator

Tells the stories

Oxymoron

Put two opposites together together to form a new word.

Paradox

Two things that cancel out each other out.

Personification

Giving a human attribute to a non-human thing.

Persuasion

Trying to convince someone.

Plot

Sequences of events that makes up a story.

Point Of View

The perspective from which a story is told.

Protagonist

Good guy/Hero, works against the Antagonist.

Realism

Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy.

Repetition

To repeat three times.

Resolution

To end the plot.

Satire

Political argument that uses humor.

Setting

Based on time, location, and determines the action.

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Situational Irony

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected (Opposites).

Speaker

The voice of the poem.

Style

The thing that makes a person unique.

Symbol

A bridge that takes something abstract and makes it into something concrete.

Syntax

Sentences that have complete thoughts.

Theme

Underlined message/main idea of something or topic.

Tone

How the speaker feels about the subject.

Verbal Irony

Sarcasm