reading terms quick review

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CLUES THAT HINT AT LATER EVENTS IN THE STORY

foreshadowing

WHAT IS PROSE?

ordinary form of written language

WRITING THAT TELLS ABOUT IMAGINARY CHARACTERS AND

EVENTS

fiction

TYPE OF SOMETHING, SUCH AS TYPES OF LITERATURE

genre

WRITING THAT TELLS ABOUT REAL CHARACTERS AND

EVENTS

nonfiction

THE PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH A STORY IS TOLD

point of view

SOMEONE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE STORY IS THE NARRATOR – I, WE, ME, US

first person

SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE STORY IS THE NARRATOR- SHE, IT

THEY

third person

THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE STORY

protagonist

TELLS SETTING AND WHAT IS GOING ON

expositoin

THE CHARACTER, GROUP, OR FORCE OPPOSING THE MAIN

CHARACTER

antagonist

POINT OF VIEW THAT IS USED TO GIVE ORDERS, DIRECTIONS

OR COMMANDS - YOU

second person

NARRATIVE IS A SYNONYM FOR WHAT WORD?

story

MEANING OF THE ROOT CEDE

surrender, yield, relinquish

SURPRISING, INTERESTING OR AMUSING CONTRADICTIONS, AN

EVENT THAT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE READER’S EXPECTATIONS

irony

CHARACTER WHO DOES NOT CHANGE

Static character

CHARACTER WHOSE PERSONALITY CHANGES DURING THE COURSE

OF THE STORY, GROWS EMOTIONALLY

Dynamic character

QUALITIES THAT MAKE UP A CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY (GENEROUS, KIND, STINGY)

Character traits

WORDS THAT SUGGEST THE OPPOSITE OF THEIR USUAL MEANING

Verbal irony

PLAY ON WORDS, OFTEN CALLED CORNY JOKES.

pun

DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF A WORD.

Denotation

SECONDARY MEANING, SOMETHING SUGGESTED OR

IMPLIED BY A WORD

connotation

THE LIFE LESSON OF THE STORY

theme

THE ACTUAL WORDS THE CHARACTERS SAY

dialogue

COMPARISON BETWEEN ONE SET OF OBJECTS AND ANOTHER SET

OF OBJECTS

analogy

TELL HOW THINGS ARE THE SAME

compare

TELL HOW TWO THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

contrast

CONTRADICTION BETWEEN WHAT A CHARACTER THINKS AND WHAT

THE AUDIENCE KNOWS TO BE TRUE

dramatic irony

EDUCATED GUESS

inference

HOW CHARACTERS ARE DESCRIBED, WHAT THEY SAY,

WHAT THEY DO, THEIR PERSONALITY.

characterization

SERIES OF RELATED EVENTS IN A STORY: CONFLICT, CLIMAX, RESOLUTION

plot

RETURN TO AN EVENT IN THE PAST

flashback

THE EVENTS IN A STORY LEADING UP TO THE CLIMAX,

INCLUDES THE CONFLICT

rising action

THE SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT, END OF THE STORY

resolution

TURNING POINT OF THE STORY, POINT OF HIGHEST DRAMA IN THE STORY, POINT AT

WHICH CHOICE/ACTION IS MADE

climax

AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT

tone

REFERENCE TO ANOTHER WORK SUCH AS LITERATURE,

ART, MUSIC, HISTORY, MOVIES, TV

allusion

INFORMATION RELATES TO SOMETHING ELSE

relevant

THE ATMOSPHERE CREATED BY THE AUTHOR, CREATED BY THE

DESCRIPTION OF SETTINGS, CHARACTERS, AND EVENTS

mood

EVENTS AFTER THE CLIMAX LEADING

TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE STORY

falling action