LEAP Vocabulary Review

a reference to something famous or well-known (a book, person, historical event, etc.)

Ex. Martin Luther King Jr. references the Bible many times in his "I Have a Dream" speech.

• dialogue

• allusion

• imagery

• irony

the author's overall reason for writing (Ex. to persuade, inform, or entertain); the author's reason for making a particular choice in his/her writing

• diction

• irony

• text structure

• author's purpose

the main idea of the whole text *OR* the main idea of a particular section/part of the text

• objective summary

• text structure

• central idea

• author's purpose

the author's opinion or belief about the topic of the text

Ex. The author of the article "The Distracted Teen Brain" believes that teens are distracted by rewards.

• claim

• counterclaim

• author's purpose

• central idea

the opposite of the claim; the opposing claim; the conflicting viewpoint

Ex. Past studies have shown that teens make impulsive decisions because the part of their brains involved in self-control is not fully developed. However, the author of "Teenage Brains Are Malleable and Vulnerable" disagrees with this view and cites a study showing that when rewards are involved, teens make better decisions.

• diction

• claim

• counterclaim

• central idea

in a fiction text, this is when a character speaks aloud or when two or more characters have a conversation; this is always punctuated with quotation marks " "

• imagery

• text structure

• dialogue

• foreshadowing

the author's word choice

• diction

• mood

• tone

• allusion

in fiction texts, a hint or clue about what is to come later

• mood

• motif

• foreshadowing

• irony

the way the reader feels (or the way the author wants the reader to feel) when reading a fiction text; the overall emotional atmosphere of a fiction text

• tone

• diction

• imagery

• mood

a repeating word, phrase, or imager that creates a pattern or contrast in language and reveals a central idea of the text

Examples from Romeo and Juliet: time, stars, poison, light vs. dark, youth vs. age, dreams/sleep vs. reality

• motif

• mood

• imagery

• allusion