Exams Flashcards
(26 cards)
Mood
The readers feelings as a result of the authors tone
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces
Characterization
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work.
Paraphrasing
A restatement of an idea in your own words
Imagery
Devices which appeal to the senses
Irony
Surprising, amusing
Denotation
The specific meaning of a word (exact)
Connotation
The emotional implications that a word may carry
Context clues
Hints the author gives to help understand a difficult word
Alliteration
Repetition of initial (beginning) constant sounds
Tone
The authors feelings about a subject conveyed through fiction
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an object or action, isn’t applicable
Thesis statement
Sentence that appears at the end of the first paragraph
Sentence fragments
Can’t stand by itself
Vivid verbs
Presenting the appearance
Traditional words
words used by the author to help the reader progress
Point of view
The narrator or speakers perspective from which the story is told
Authors purpose
To persuade and inform
Summarizing
A grief statement of the main point
Chronological order
Arranged in the order it happened
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel in poetry
Epic plot
Long narrative poem with elevated style
Simile
Uses like or as
Theme
Subject of talk, writing, thoughts, or exhibition
