Terms Flashcards
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Dialect
Variety of language any vocab spelling and pronunciation usually by geography
Accent
Words pronounced by geography
Analyze
Break down to identify an study parts
Climax
Exciting/ turning point in story
Conclusion
A judgement based on info OR a summary
Dramatic irony
When understood by audience but not characters
External conflict
A character struggled against an outside force ( character society natural force)
Figurative language
Cant be taken literally - made to create a special meaning or feeling
Foreshadow
Builds suspense by a narrator hunting about future
Imagery
Description that’s appeals to the senses
Internal conflict
A struggle between a character ( needs emotions desires)
Irony
A contrast between expectation an reality
Metaphor
A comparison NOT using like or as
Mood
An atmosphere a reader gets
Rhyme scheme
Pattern of end rhymes in a poem
Simile
A comparison using like or as
Stanza
Division of a poem referred to as “paragraph of poetry”
Suspense
Excitement or anxion for what may happen
Theme
Central idea
Tone
Attitude of a writer
