English II EOC Vocab

time and place the story takes place
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."

• setting
• plot
• imagery
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

comparing two things using like or as
Ex. "You're like a kid Lennie."

• hyperbole
• irony
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

language or way of speech of a particular region of the country
Ex. "It wasn't no good to pet."

• dialogue
• characterization
• communication
• dialect

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the author directly tells the reader what the character is like
Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man."

• indirect characterization
• pointed characterization
• direct characterization
• straight characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the author gives clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to them
Ex. "Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. Come on in and set a while."

• direct characterization
• indirect characterization
• forward characterization
• round characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

descriptive words that appeal to the five senses
Ex. "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green."

• adjectives
• sensory words
• imagery
• verbs

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

adding human characteristics to non-living objects
Ex. "the afternoon sun sliced through the cracks of barn walls"

• hyperbole
• symbolism
• imagery
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

the main character
Ex. Lennie and George because they are the main people in the story.

• lead actor
• antagonist
• MVP
• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

opposing character to the main character
Ex. Curley/Curley's wife

• antagonist
• the opposition
• protagonist
• the bad guy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A