Vocabulary List #2. Style (N) Manner in which a writer puts his/her ideas into words – formality, use of figurative language, sentences.

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Vocabulary List #2

Style (N) Manner in which a writer puts his/her ideas into words – formality, use of figurative language, sentences

Style

Parallelism (N) Arrangement of equal ideas in equivalent grammatical structures

Parallelism Like father, like son. What goes around comes around.

Topic Sentence Expresses the main idea of a paragraph and defines the scope of the paragraph

Topic Sentence

Point of View Type of narrator

Point of View

Antagonist (N) Character or force in conflict with the main character

Antagonist

Protagonist (N) Main character

Protagonist

Characterization (N) Act of creating and developing a character by what he/she does and thinks whether directly(being told) or indirectly (being shown)

Characterization

Connotation (N) An association that a word calls to mind to a specific individual

Connotation My thought of my house has always given me a positive connotation.

Denotation (N) Exact, specific meaning; the literal meaning found in a dictionary

Denotation a stocky seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice.

Simile (N) Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” (Juliet is like a rose.)

Simile

Metaphor Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else (Juliet is a rose.)

Metaphor

Plot (N) Sequence of events in a literary work

Plot