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28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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tone
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what the authors attitude about the subject is
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mood
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feeling the reader gets
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parallel structure
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the repetition of grammatical forms within a sentence.
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style
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word choice, sentence length/variety, pacing, rhythm.
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paraphrase
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to put something in your own words
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hyperbole
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extreme exaggeration
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simile
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compare two things using like or as
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metaphor
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compare two things not using like or as
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allusion
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veiled reference
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irony
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when something happens in a way that is unexpected
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parable
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simple stories that are based on complex ideas
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indirect dialogue
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dialogue with no quotation marks
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colloquial language
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uneducated language (language characters use)
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1st person
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I
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3rd person
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He/she
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personification
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giving human characteristics to an object.
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Elergy
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poem of grief/morning
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oxymoron
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two words that have an opposite meaning
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persona
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person the author is trying to be
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds (beginning of words)
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assonance
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repetition of voul sounds (ex. cry, sighed)
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consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds (mid/end of words)
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Onomatoepia
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words that sound like what they are. ex. pop, meow
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paradox
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two opposite concepts written next to eachother
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epigram
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quote written at the beginning of a story
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pun
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double meaning
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setting
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where the story takes place
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jargon
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language for a certain subject
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