W ORD W ALL W ORDS 1 st 6-weeks

A PHORISM A succinct statement expressing an opinion.

PERCEPTION A mental concept or point of view.

SCENARIO An outline, a brief account, or synopsis of events.

M ISE EN SCENE The composition, or setting, of an image.

C RITICAL LENSES A way of judging or analyzing a work of literature.

L ITERARY THEORY Attempts to establish principles for interpreting and evaluating literary texts.

F REE VERSE Poetry without a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme.

F IXED FORM Poetry in which the length and pattern are determined by established usage or tradition.

S YMBOL Something that stands for something else.

S YMBOLIC REPRESENTATION Makes use of symbols to represent an idea or concept.

I MAGERY The verbal expression of sensory experience.

S ENSORY DETAILS Details that appeal to or evoke one or more of the five senses: sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste.

L OOPING The step after you free write to expand on your writing.

P ROLOGUE The introduction or preface to a literary work.

V IGNETTE A brief visual or written descriptive literary sketch.

T HESIS The main idea or point of an essay or article.