EOCT VOCAB FLASHCARD 1

Front

Character description by narrator or speaker.

Back

DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

Front

Storyline shifts to the past for context: ____________

Back

FLASHBACK

Front

Overall feeling or emotion established by word choice, character actions, and setting.

Back

MOOD

Front

Language that appeals to the senses, allowing the reader to experience the author's description.

Back

Imagery

Front

Serious play ending in disaster and sorrow.

Back

TRAGEDY

Front

Long speech by one character expressing thoughts and feelings.

Back

MONOLOGUE

Front

Form of writing that ridicules to expose failings:

Back

SATIRE

Front

Comparison without a linking word; one thing is another.

Back

METAPHOR

Front

Dictionary definition of a word is its _____________.

Back

DENOTATION

Front

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence.

Back

INFER