Exams Flashcards
Mood
The readers feelings as a result of the authors tone
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces
Characterization
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work.
Paraphrasing
A restatement of an idea in your own words
Imagery
Devices which appeal to the senses
Irony
Surprising, amusing
Denotation
The specific meaning of a word (exact)
Connotation
The emotional implications that a word may carry
Context clues
Hints the author gives to help understand a difficult word
Alliteration
Repetition of initial (beginning) constant sounds
Tone
The authors feelings about a subject conveyed through fiction
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an object or action, isn’t applicable
Thesis statement
Sentence that appears at the end of the first paragraph
Sentence fragments
Can’t stand by itself
Vivid verbs
Presenting the appearance