Reading 1-60
Terms
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- a play, novel, or other narrative in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
- tragedy
- the attitude a writer takes toward his subject
- tone
- an exaggerated, far-fetched story that is obviously untrue
- tall tale
- a person, place, thing or event that has a meaning in itself
- symbol
- the uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story
- suspense
- writings in which the feelings and opinions of the writer are revealed
- subjective writing
- the way a writer uses language
- style
- a fixed idea about the members of a particular group of people that doesn't allow for any individuality
- stereotype
- a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, then, or resemble
- simile
- writing that ridicules something, often in order to bring about change
- satire
- a repeated sound, word, phrase, lines, or groups of lines
- refrain
- a play on the multiple meanings of a word on two words that sounds alike but have different meanings
- pun
- the main character in a work
- protagonist
- any writing that is not poetry
- prose
- the vantage point from which a story is told
- point of view
- a kind of rythmic compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination
- poetry
- a kind of writing intended to convince a reader to think or act in a certain way
- persuasion
- a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it has human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
- personification
- writing that presents facts without revealing the writers feelings or opinions
- objective writing