Vocab unit 3

Tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion

What was the purpose of Picnic?

Describes the rhythm or pattern of beats in a line of poetry

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

A writing that tells you factual information

A claim made to disagree with another claim

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other techniques

Clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot

The overall emotional quality of the work, created by the author's language and tone on the subject matter is tone

Having a sound basis in logic is the definition of the word "VALID"

A story of ones life written by that person

A consistent pattern of end rhyme throughout the poem

An extreme exaggeration

Apartheid is an afrikaans way of saying seperate

Writing meant to entertain you

A logical guess or conclusion based on observations

A story written about someone's life from someone who lived outside of the life they are writing about

The repetition of consonant sounds.

A logical guess or assumption about something that has not yet happened.

The reason for or intent in writing

Comparison between two things using like or as

To advise or urge someone is to persuade them

a statement that can be argued

A writer or speakers attitude toward the subject

All the components of a story that are not the main idea

Writing meant to be descriptive

A sudden and vivid memory of an event in the future is a flashback

Comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

A recurring element, image, or idea in a work of literature

What is the authors purpose of the story?

Typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause.

Giving Human Characteristics to nonhuman things