Vocabulary Week 3 and 4

Analogy

• Portray in words; describe

• A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect

• The use of words to express something opposite of the literal meaning

• Put pieces together to see them in a new way

Depicts

• The way a writer creates and develops characters

• Portray in words; describe

• To derive by reasoning’ rather than from explicit statements

• Consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader’s five senses

Characterization

• The way a writer creates and develops characters

• The process of forming a mental picture based on a written description

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice

• A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect

Imagery

• Consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader’s five senses

• Portray in words; describe

• A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect

• Put pieces together to see them in a new way

Visualize

• The process of forming a mental picture based on a written description

• Put pieces together to see them in a new way

• To derive by reasoning’ rather than from explicit statements

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice

The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagery

• Irony

Mood

• The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author’s use of imagery

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice

• A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect

• Portray in words; describe

Infer

• To derive by reasoning’ rather than from explicit statements

• A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect

• The way a writer creates and develops characters

• Portray in words; describe

Synthesize

• Put pieces together to see them in a new way

• The use of words to express something opposite of the literal meaning

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice

• The way a writer creates and develops characters

Irony

• The use of words to express something opposite of the literal meaning

• The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author’s use of imagery

• The way a writer creates and develops characters

• Portray in words; describe