Word Wall Flashcards
Tone
The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
Irony
The expression of one’s meaning by using the language that normally signifies the opposite, typically or humorous or emphatic effect.
Point Of View
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
Indirect Character
The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the characters speech, actions, appearance, etc.
Secondary Source
- ) Next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
2. ) Belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, rank, grade, etc.
Epic Hero
A brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events.
Summarize
To make a summary of; state or express and concise form.
Analyze
To examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of.
Journey
A traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long trip; trip.
Direct Character
The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets.
Phrases
A word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses.
Primary Sources
First in order in any series, sequence, etc.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
Characterization
Portrayal; description.
Clause
A syntactic construction containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
Tragic Flaw
The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
Hero
A man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
Myth
A traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or either, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explain some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
Mythology
A body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person.
Epithet
Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.
Character
The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
Narrative
A story or accounts of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
Archetypes
The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
