1. IMPORTANT LITERARY TERM VOCABULARY

2. Vocabulary--Contents
analogy
attitude
author’s craft
connotative & denotative meaning
first & third person
foreshadowing
flashback
infer
mood
outline
paired selection
paraphrase
plot
simile
story variants
style
supporting details
symbolism
theme
tone
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3. analogy-- a comparison of two things
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4. attitude-- the feelings of a character as reflected in the selection
The feelings of this character, the chair, are clearly reflected.
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5. author’s craft-- the style, tone and mood a writer uses to convey a message in writing
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Message conveyance.

6. denotative meaning-- the dictionary meaning of the word
connotative meaning-- all of the emotions or feelings a word can make a reader feel
denotative meaning-- the dictionary meaning of the word
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7. first person-- a point of view that includes the author, uses the word “I”
third person-- a point of view that doesn’t include the author, doesn't use the word “I”
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8. foreshadowing-- a suggestion in a story of what is to come later by giving hints and clues
This is a foreshadowing statement. The reader could assume that this cat will do something psychotic in the near future.
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9. flashback-- returning to an earlier time in a story for the purpose of making something clearer in the present
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10. infer-- to “read between the lines” to understand and interpret the author’s message
We can infer that some things seen on public transport are mentally scarring.
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11. mood-- how the writing makes the reader feel (happy, sad, upset)
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12. outline-- a shortened form of a selection in which details and ideas are listed in order
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13. paired selection-- two stories which are read separately and then analyzed for likenesses and differences in content, theme or issues
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14. paraphrase-- to convey the same meaning with different words
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15. plot-- the action or events in a story
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16. simile-- a figurative comparison that uses “like” or “as”
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17. story variants-- similarities and differences across texts
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18. style-- how the author writes rather than what the author writes
Musical style is very similar to writing style.
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19. supporting details-- ideas that support, or back up, the main idea of a selection
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20. symbolism-- the use of a concrete object to represent an idea
(the female hippopotamus symbolized maternity in ancient Egypt and the blue lotuses painted on the side of this figurine represented creation and rebirth)
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21. theme-- a statement about life that a particular selection is trying to get across to the reader
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23. tone-- the attitude of the author toward the subject, the characters or the audience
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24. THE END

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