Unit 2 Literacy Elements Test Review

Mood- emotions the readers feel while reading about a subject

Figurative Language- makes words or phrases more dramatic or interesting. Doesn't mean what it literaly means

Metaphor- compares two things, but it does not use the words ‘like” or “as”

Hyperbole- exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe it

Subjective- perspective is influenced by thoughts, opinions, and emotions

3rdPerson- the narrator is not a character within the story

Assonance- A repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Narrator- individual who is telling the story

Simile- words “like” or “as” are used to compare one subject to another

Alliteration- A repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.

Idiom- says one thing but means something entirely different

Tone- author and narrators’ attitude towards the audience

1stPerson- a character of a story describes things from their perspective

Point of View- perspective a story is told

Allusion-figure of speech that makes an indirect reference to a thing, ideas, ect... of literary, ect... significance

3rdPerson Objective- narrator tells the events of a story without going into the minds of the characters.

Personification- Human Characteristics are given to an animal or an object

Objective- details are based on facts rather than opinions or feelings

Onomatopoeia- a word imitates a sound of a thing

Theme- Central message, life within a text or movies. Conflict and Resolution