1. Vocabulary List #2

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

3. Style

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

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

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

7. Topic Sentence

8. Point of View Type of narrator

9. Point of View

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

11. Antagonist

12. Protagonist (N) Main character

13. Protagonist

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

15. Characterization

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

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

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

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

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

21. Simile

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

23. Metaphor

24. Plot (N) Sequence of events in a literary work

25. Plot