Introduction Vocabulary List #2 Introduction Words

Style Noun The manner in which a writer puts his/her ideas into words—formality, use of figurative language, sentence structure

Example: which one has style? Stories are the very thread that tie our culture together creating colorful patterns that keep our society warm and cozy like an invisible blanket. Stories have an important purpose in our culture. They create patterns for society to follow and pass down. Stories allow a culture to pass preserve important information.

Parallelism Noun Arrangement of equal ideas in equivalent grammatical structures

Which example uses parallelism? Example A My dog has warm fur, a nose that is wet, and a fluffy tail. Example B Robert was a straight-A student because he liked to study, to research, and to read.

Parallelism Balances a sentence Communicates clearly Uses the same grammatical structure throughout the sentence Adjectives, nouns, verbs, and clauses must be in the same order

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

Example Hannah and Chaya, two heroic characters from The Devil’s Arithmetic, illustrate the true nature of a hero through their simple actions and major sacrifices. Specifically, Hannah demonstrates that she is a hero to her brother, Aaron, by helping him remember the words at the Sedar. This simple act of whispering the right words in his ears portrays an older sister who helps her brother when in need. Although simple actions can make a character a hero, great sacrifices also make heroes. The most intense heroic act made by a character in The Devil’s Arithmetic is Chaya. Chaya is a hero because when the guards chose her two friends to die, she told the guard to take her instead of Rivka. This sacrificial act makes Chaya a true hero because her friend, Rivka, went on to live and remember through storytelling.

Point of View Noun Type of narrator (1 st person, 2 nd person, 3 rd person, omniscient, limited, etc)

Example First Person: I walked down the dusty country road through the shade of poplars that bordered the curves. Second Person: You walked down the dusty country road through the shade of poplars that bordered the curves. Third Person: They walked down the dusty country road through the shade of poplars that bordered the curves.

Antagonist Noun Character or force in conflict with the main character.

Protagonist Noun Main character

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Characterization Noun Act of creating and developing a character either directly or indirectly.

Example The little boy was not shy on his first day of kindergarten. He walked into his classroom on the first day of school not knowing one person. He went up to the first group of kids and began to tell them all about his summer trip when he met Mickey Mouse at Disney Land.

Connotation Noun An association that a word calls to mind in addition to its dictionary meaning (implied)

Denotation Noun Exact, specific meaning independent of other associations that the word calls to mind. Dictionary meaning

Example Child: young person (denotation) Youngster, kid, little one, small fry, brat (connotations) Example house verses home Denotation is a place of residence. Connotation: ?

Simile Noun Comparison of two unlike things using like or as The sun is like a gold coin flickering into a street fountain.

Metaphor Noun Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as if it were something else. The sun is like a gold coin flickering into a street fountain.

Plot Noun Sequence of events in a literary work.