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Theme

a central idea of a work (lesson)

Values

the ideas, beliefts, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live


beliefs

specific ideas that people hold to be true


antagonist

the character who works against the protagonist in the story

protagonist

the main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict

lyrical poem

a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker.

narrative poem

a poem that tells a story

free verse poem

a poem that has no definite rhyme and structure

point of view

the perspective from which a story is told

stanza

a group of lines in a poem



myth

a traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to exlain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

sensory imagery

language that evokes images and triggers memories in the reader of the five senses:


sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.

third person limited point of view

the narrator focues on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

third person objective point of view

outside narrator records events without discussing character motivation or knowing what characters are thinking

third person omniscient point of view

narrator knows everything in the story and reveals the thoughts of all the characters

textual connection

connecting your thoughts to the text

root word

main part of a word

affix

a prefix or suffix

prefix

an affix that added in front of the word

suffix

an affix that is added at the end of the word

author's purpose

the reason the author has for writing.


(inform, persuade, express, and entertain)

textual evidence

supporting a statement with information from text

rising action

events leading up to the climax

conflict

struggle between opposing forces

first person point of view

the narrator is a character in the story and used words like I, me, we

second person point of view

the narrator tells the story using the pronouns, "You", "Your", and "Yours" to address a reader listener directly

linear plot

a plot that has a distinctive beginning, middle, and end, and is composed of five identifiable parts: introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

subplot

a secondary situation and conflict less important than the main plot of the story

red herring

any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

factual claim

a claim that something is true; a claim that evidence or reasons are being presented

logical fallacy

way of supporting facts that are not logically sound

false premise

an error in deductive reasoning that is based on a hasty generalization

genre

a kind of literary or artistic work

assumption

a belieft of statement taken for granted without proof

band wagon

an argument saying in effect that because other people are doing something, you should do it also

perspective

a way of thinking about situations or topics

visual technique

develop a picture to represent each major concept

sound technique

control the sound of the poem


media

the various methods of communicating information

intertextual links

the interrelationship between texts