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Reading Vocabulary Words
Terms reading should know
25
Language - English
8th Grade
03/07/2012

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Term
EXERPT
Definition
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Tone

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The author's attitude toward the writing (poet's attitude toward poem)

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Figurative language

 

 

 

 

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Describing something by comparing - using metaphors and similies

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Imagery

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Describing things using the five senses

 

touch, smell, taste, hear, see

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exerpt

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a short extract froma film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing - a small piece of a bigger piece

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Situational Irony

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recognizing the oddness or unfairness of a given situation ex: the doctor's office is closed due to illness

- you expect to go to the doctor to get well

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foreshadowing

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when an author hints at what is to come

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persona

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The person created by the author to tell the story

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mood

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feeling the author or poet creates for the reader

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sterotype

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A flat character which is known by its familiar characteristics - ex. all people from Texas have cadillacs and oil wells

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onomatopoeia

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Word that sounds like the sound it makes

ex: buzz, pop

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alliteration

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repeating of the same beginning sounds

ex: she sells sea shells

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Free Verse

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Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

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stanza

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A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit

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antagonist

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force working against the main character

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connotation

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idea and feeling associated with the word, as opposed to the dictionary meaning

ex: That car is "bad" - connotation is good

dictionary means not good

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denotation

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dictionary meaning

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external conflict

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when a character struggles against another person or some outside force

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internal conflict

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a struggle inside the character

ex: struggling with a choice to make

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motivation

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The reason a character acts, thinks, or feels a certain way

ex: getting good grades so you can play sports

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third person point of view

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the story is told by a narrative voice outside the action, not by the character

ex: story told by the narrator

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Critique

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systematic analysis of something written or spoken 

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summarize

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taking a large selection of text and reducing it to only the important points

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main idea

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The big idea or what all the sentences in a paragraph are about

or

what all the paragraphs in a writing are about

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