Vocab 1/28 7th grade

A story/narrative in poetic form written to be sung.

• ballad

• infer

• literary device

• literary text

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• meaning

• metaphor

• opinion

• connotation

Dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning

• main idea

• denotation

• supporting details

• connotation

what a piece of writing is mainly about

• supporting details

• literary device

• main idea

• infer

Details that support the main idea

• main idea

• supporting details

• opinion

• paraphrase

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

• nonfiction

• plot

• infer

• meaning

Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).

• literary device

• literary elements

• literary text

• genre

Setting, character, plot, style, point of view, mood/tone, theme of a story or other piece of literature.

• opinion

• meaning

• literary elements

• literary text

passage based on imagination or reality that tells a story

• literary text

• metaphor

• paraphrase

• literary device

a person's interpretation of something.

• meaning

• metaphor

• multiple meaning words

• nonfiction