unit 2 vocab 8th grade

connotation

• a realistic character that displays multiple character traits that is comples

• additional meaning associated with the word (emotions, ideas, and other words)

• the events that make up a storyline

exposition

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• additional meaning associated with the word (emotions, ideas, and other words)

• a realistic character that displays multiple character traits that is complex

plot

• a realistic character that displays multiple character traits that is complex

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• the events that make up a storylinethe events that make up a storyline

round character

• a realistic character that displays multiple character traits that is complex

• the events that make up a storyline

• additional meaning associated with the word (emotions, ideas, and other words)

tone

• direct and specific meaning

• author's attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction (speech)

• characters that are two-dimensional and are relatively uncomplicated

resolution

• author's attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction (speech)

• the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out

• direct and specific meaning

denotation

• direct and specific meaning

• the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out

• characters that are two-dimensional and are relatively uncomplicated

flat character

• characters that are two-dimensional and are relatively uncomplicated

• the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• author's attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction (speech)

protagonist

• the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out

• direct and specific meaning

• the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

allusion

•  an author's purposeful reference shapes theme (book in a book)

• a spoken or written account of connected events; a story

• the part of literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved