Academic Vocab List #2

The creation or construction of a fictional character.

• characterization

• character

• setting

• exposition

The author’s attitude toward his/her subject.

• tone

• mood

• author's purpose

• plot

The feeling a writer creates for his/her reader.

• tone

• mood

• author's purpose

• plot

The narrator IS a character in the story and uses pronouns such as, “I, me, myself, we, our, us.”

• first person point of view

• second person point of view

• third person point of view

• fourth person point of view

The narrator is NOT a character in the story and uses pronouns such as, “he, him, she, her, they, their, them.” (Limited, Omniscient, Objective)

• first person point of view

• second person point of view

• third person point of view

• fourth person point of view

A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.

• similie

• metaphor

• compare/contrast

• description

A word or phrase used to refer to another to compare similarities.

• similie

• metaphor

• compare/contrast

• description

Applying a human characteristic to a nonhuman item.

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

The way an author conveys information in nonfiction writing. (There are five (5) styles.)

• text structure

• plot

• figurative language

• author's purpose