Vocabulary Unit 3

What is character foils

• Comments to illustrate a point

• A supporting character who has contrasting personality and set of values

• implied meaning

• Narrative structure where two or more separate narratives are linked by a common character, event, or theme

What is characterization

• a rule or practice established by standard procedure

• the process where the writer shows the personality of a character

• an inversion of reasonable expectation

• a combination of opposing or contradictory words

What is an oxymoron

• a style of speaking or word choice

• a combination of contradictory words

• a set of circumstances that surround a particular situation

• a combination of ideas to form a connected whole

what is connotation

• implied meaning

• dictionary meaning

• an inversion of reasonable expectations

• implied

what is denotation

• implied meaning

• dictionary meaning

• an inversion of reasonable expectations

• implied

What is the meaning of implicit

• implied

• fully and clearly stated

• an inversion of reasonable expectations

• a distinctive emotional quality

What is the meaning of explicit

• implied

• fully and clearly stated

• an inversion of reasonable expectations

• a distinctive emotional quality

what is figurative language

• the use of figures of speech

• a distinctive literary type

• pertaining to books, writing and literature

• two or more clauses, phrases, or words with similar grammatical form and length

which are examples of figurative language

• metaphor

• allusion

• illusion

• alliteration

What is an inference

• a conclusion reached with supporting textual evidence

• restatement of a text

• a guess of what could happen

• combination of ideas to form a connected whole