Shortened TNReady English Vocabulary

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

what the author believes or wants to prove to his or her audience

the overall feeling of a story

numbers, tables, and graphs are used to support a claim

an argument that appeals to the reader's emotions

the main character in a literary work

the perspective from which the story is told

an opinion made by an expert on the topic

when an author refers back to something that already took place in the story

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

repeated use of the same sentence structure, usually to show two topics are of equal importance

a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

shows what happens and why it happens

the universal message of a story

when an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story

an extreme exaggeration

who the author is trying to persuade

in a narrative, the person telling the story

a sentence that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

an argument that makes sense, appeals to what you know is right or smart

a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech

a reference to a well-known person, place, or event

A character or force in conflict with the main character

language that uses words with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

when and where the story takes place

the repetition of similar sounds

the main idea of an essay to be proved/explained (subject + two opinions)

a reasoned defense of a position or claim

the practice of using a person, thing, or object to represent something else

presents information in sequence or in the order in which it happens

The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story

a point by point comparison of two subjects

a long speech in which a character speaks at length to only himself or herself

occurs when another character or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage 

shows similarities and differences between two or more things

a struggle between two opposing forces

facts, reasons, data, or opinions to support a claim

a conversation between two persons

giving human traits to non-living things