ELA B Key Vocab

What is a struggle or battle between two or more opposing forces? (Ex: character vs nature or character vs self)

• Symbolism

• Point of View

• Conflict

• Theme

This is when an image or object in a story is used repeatedly and carries a deeper meaning.

• Symbolism

• Motive

• Theme

• Tone

This is the attitude of the writer towards a subject or audience.

• Mood

• Tone

• Infer

• Characterization

This is the way in which a story is told (examples are first, second, and third person)

• Characterization

• Inference

• Tone

• Point of View

This is the way an author develops a character and makes their personality come alive for the reader.

• Motive

• Infer

• Theme

• Characterization

This means to deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from obvious statements

• Infer

• Mood

• Motivate

• Theme

This is the universal message about life or human nature that the writer conveys to the reader

• Inference

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone

This is a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious.

• Motive

• Mood

• Inference

• Tone

This is the emotional reaction that a text inspires in the reader

• Tone

• Inference

• Mood

• Characterization

This is when the story is told by the protagonist and uses the pronoun “I”.

• Third person point of view

• Second person point of view

• First person point of view