Vocab 8/21/26

Imagery:

Descriptive words and phrases that re-create Sensory experiences for the reader

Irony:

A Special Kind of contrast between apperance & reality-usually one in which reality is the oposite of what it seems

Metaphor:

a Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things That are basically unlike but have something in common.

Personification

A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea

Simile:

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 unlike things, using the words like or as.

Symbol:

A person, place, object, or activity that Stands for Something beyond itself.

Allusion:

An indirect reference to a famous person, Place, event, or literary work

Characterization:

The way a writer creates & develops characters personalities

EX - Describing a characters Physical appearance

• thoughts actions

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Conflict:

struggle between opposing forces

connotation:

Attitude or feeling associated with a word in contrast to the word's dictionary meaning

Fore-shadaing.

Writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Point of View

the method of narration

Plot:

The Sequene of events in a story is called the plot

Suspence

excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how the story ends or how the conflict is resolved

denotation

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.