MAPS Reading Vocabulary Review

The writer's use of language and overall style, created by tone and choice of words.

A device in Literature where an object represents an idea.

Repetition of similar vowel sounds.

The attitude of the author towards the audience and characters. 

The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said, using the personal pronoun "you"

The essential techniques used in literature (characterization, setting, plot, theme).

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.

To make an overstatement or to stretch the truth.

The author's perspective on an issue or topic.

Conversation between characters.

Short account of an interesting or humorous incident.

A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

A step-by-step pattern.

A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in the story.

One of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or spelling.

Words that appeal to one or more of the five senses; sensory language.

The repetition of consonants, especially at the end of words.

A belief without proof.

Action that interrupts to show an even that happened at an earlier time.

The reason something happens.

A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.

A short moral story (often with animal characters).

The events after the climax which close the story.

A statement put forth and supported by evidence.

The beginning to a story that introduces characters, setting, and conflict.

Revealing the personality of a character: thoughts, words, choices, feelings, actions.

A book, passage, etc. to which one is directed (source used in a research paper).

A narrator, who is not a character in the story, tells the story.

Events arranged in which they happened (time order).

A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human weakness.