2nd 6 Weeks Vocab

a type of essay that provides information for the reader

• expository

• persuasive

• essay

• story

The part of the plot that contains the setting, characters, and background information

• falling action

• expository

• resolution

• exposition

The dictionary definition of a word

• word

• denotation

• conntation

• dictionary

A hint or clue to something happening later in the story

• elegy

• flashback

• context clue

• foreshadowing

The items that come after the climax in the plot

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

A category of a literary word

• Subject

• Genre

• Theme

• Title

The events that lead up to the climax; where the most tension takes place

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Ending

The feeling associated with a word

• Connotation

• Dictionary

• Denotation

• Art

When you say the opposite of what you mean

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

The turning point in a story when the tension is released

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Plot

• Conflict