affix | a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form |
analogy | similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity |
antagonist | one who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; opponent |
antecedent | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent); preceding in time or order |
appositive | relating to or being in apposition |
characterization | the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; a graphic or vivid verbal description |
clause | sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document |
conventions | practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction |
criticism | a written evaluation of a work of literature; disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings |
dialect | vocabulary that is for a specific group of people |
end rhyme | the form of rhyme (rhyming) which uses sameness of sound of the last words of lines from the vowels in their stressed syllables to their ends |
exposition | exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue |
falling action | the events of a dramatic or narrative plot following the climax |
footnote | a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments |
foreshadowing | indicate by signs |
graphic organizer | a communication tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas, and the relationships between them. |
interpretation | explanation; performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music |
irrelevant | not applicable; unrelated; having no connection with |
literal | according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated |
modifier | a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb |
mythology | study of myths; collection of myths |
narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events |
narrative writing | any account of connected events, presented to a reader or listener in a sequence of written or spoken words, or in a sequence of pictures |
passage | the motion of one object relative to another; the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
perspective | appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista |
phrases | an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence |
plagiarism | theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
predicate adjective | adjective that modifies the noun or a pronoun in a sentence |
predicate nominative | a word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb, such as son in the sentence Charlie is my son |
protagonist | principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
references | a remark that calls attention to something or someone; the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to |
rising action | a part of a book or play in which more things start to happen, the rising action leads to the climax |
sentence combining | combine two or more simple sentences to form a more complex or sophisticated sentence. |
sentence structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
summarize | give a summary of; be a summary of |
symbolism | practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; system of symbols or representations |
synthesize | integrate; compose; combine so as to form a new, complex product |
viewpoint | a place from which something can be viewed; a mental position from which things are viewed |
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