RL8.4 & 8.6 Terms

Impact

• To physically hit something

• When something affects you personally

• To have a strong effect on something

• To come into forcible contact with another object

Word Choice

• The words the author puts into a text

• The act of selecting something

• The phrases that make up sentences

• Very good quality words

Meaning

• When you intend to communicate something

• Your intentions

• The understanding of words in a text

• When you are not nice to another person

Tone

• A musical or vocal sound

• The way words are said

• The way the author feels about the text

• Words that express the author's attitude

Which sentence or sentences are allusions?

• Sally's smile was as famous as Mona Lisa's.

• I am on cloud 9!

• Chocolate is my Achilles heel!

• Her eyes are as blue as the ocean.

Analogy

• The comparison of two things using like or as

• The comparison of two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

• An extreme exaggeration

• The repeating of a word or phrase over and over again

Perspectives

• A characters feelings

• Different characters within a text

• The art of drawing solid objects

• Experiencing the emotions, events, and feelings through a character's point of view

Character

• Where and when a story takes place

• A person in a novel, play, or movie

• The mental state of a person

• How a story is told

Audience

• The assembled spectators at an event

• A formal interview with a person of authority

• The act of listening

• The group that the author is targetting

Effect

• The state of being operative

• A physical phenomenon

• A change that happens due to the result of another action

• An impression produced in the mind