Fall Final Exam Vocab Review

Direct Characterization

• Central Message of a literary work

• A writer states the character traits of a character

• A writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character traits of a character.

• Turning point or moment of greatest tension in the plot

Foreshadowing

• Clues that give hints of events that will happen later in the plot

• A true story that focuses on an important moment in the writer’s life

• Writing that explains or informs about a specific topic

• An instruction in the text of a play indicated by italics and brackets

Theme

• Central message of a literary work

• A writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character traits of a character.

• A writer states the character traits of a character

• Clues that give hints of events that will happen later in the plot

Indirect Characterization

• Turning point or moment of greatest tension in the plot

• Story told from a narrator who knows and tells about what each character things and feels

• A true story that focuses on an important moment in the writer’s life

• A writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character traits of a character.

Third Person Omniscient

• Turning point or moment of greatest tension in the plot

• Time and place of the action in a literary work

• Story told from a narrator who knows and tells about what each character things and feels

• Words or phrases that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

Climax

• Attitude of a writer towards a subject

• Literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions

• Turning point or moment of greatest tension in the plot

• Used to make a comparison between two things that are not alike but have something in common.

First Person

• Story told from the perspective of a character

• Story told from a narrator who knows and tells about what each character things and feels

• Time and place of the action in a literary work

• Writing that explains or informs about a specific topic

Setting

• A writer states the character traits of a character

• Central message of a literary work

• A writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character traits of a character.

• Time and place of the action in a literary work

Personal Narrative

• Words or phrases that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• Writing that explains or informs about a specific topic

• A person who writes a play

• A true story that focuses on an important moment in the writer’s life

Context Clues

• The controlling idea or statement of purpose for an essay

• Words or phrases that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• Writing that explains or informs about a specific topic

• A writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character traits of a character.