1. Literacy Exam: March 11th and 12th
Vocabulary, Part 2

2. Metaphor
Comparing two things without using like or as

3. Narrative Poem
A poem that tells a story and has a plot

4. Narrative Text
Text in any form that recounts events or tells a story.

5. Non Fiction
Fiction that is based on facts or reality

6. Objective Point of View
POV where the author tells the story but can only report what characters can say or do---no interpretation of behavior or tell their thoughts or feelings.

7. Ode
Poetry celebrating the deeds of heroes

8. Omniscient POV
POV where the author tells the story using third person POV and knows all about every character’s thoughts, feelings, actions, etc. (THE “GOD” POV)

9. Onomatopoeia
Buzz, drip, swish, tick, tock, beep

10. Persona
An assumed identity or fictional “I” assumed by a writer in a literary work; the speaker or narrator.

11. Personification
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

12. Poetry
Rhythmical compositions

13. Practical Text
Functional information useful in everyday applications, including manuals, handbooks, warranties, etc.

14. Primary Sources
Firsthand information which includes memoirs, interviews, letters, public documents.

15. Prose
The ordinary form of written or spoken language; anything written that is not poetry.

16. Quatrain
A stanza or poem of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed

17. Repetition
Repeated words, sounds, or other elements to unify, create rhythm, and reinforce a message

18. Rhetorical Strategies
Plans used in arranging writing tasks or compositions, including comparison/contrast, narration, description, process analysis, etc.

19. Rhyme
The use of repeated vowel sounds in poetry, especially at the end of lines.

20. Rhythm
Alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables in language.

21. Science Fiction
Fantasy literature based on scientific discoveries or theories

22. Secondary Source
Works that have been collected, interpreted, or published by someone other than the original source.

23. Simile
Comparing two things using like or as

24. Soliloquy
When a character speaks to themselves while alone in order to reveal thoughts.

25. Sonnet
A poem written in 14 lines of iambic pentameter.

26. Style
The author’s distinctive way of writing

27. Symbol
Something that represents itself and something else

28. Text Features
Format, italics, headings, sub-headings, graphics, sequence, diagrams, illustrations

29. Tone
The implied attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a text that readers may infer from the text’s language, imagery, and structure

30. Understatement
A statement that says less than what is meant, often for irony

31. Verbal Irony
When you say one thing but really mean another (sarcasm)

32. You will have a quiz over these terms on Friday!