NWEA MAP VOCABULARY

Narrator is outside the action and refers to characters as he or she.

This is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

This is a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true

Told from the reader's point of view, using "you".

This is when two unlike things are compared, using "like" or "as".

Exact opposite. (FILL IN THE BLANK: "Love is the __________ of selfishness.")

Your claim, plus your reasons.

This is a very typical example of a certain character or storyline.

A narrator who is a character in the story and tells the tale from his or her point of view.

Terms or phrases used to narrow a search.

A searchable collection of digitized materials.

A reference in a work of literature to something else from history, music, or type of art.

If we refer to someone as "omniscient", it means they are...

This is an extremely overexaggerated statement.

The "eyes" through which the story is told.

A line of poetry with 5 metrical feet: one unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable