English 3 Unit 4 Vocabulary

The particular order or pattern a writer uses to present ideas

• text structure

• pacing

• inference

• tone

Language that is not literally true but expresses a deeper truth (e.g. simile, metaphor, personification, symbol, etc.)

• tone

• figurative language

• mood

• text structure

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• analyze

• characterization

• inference

• pacing

The WRITER'S attitude toward the subject matter

• theme

• pacing

• mood

• tone

The voice of the poem (similar to the narrator in fiction)

• speaker

• tone

• mood

• pacing

The rhythm of the story; how the events fall into place

• figurative language

• pacing

• analyze

• inference

To carefully examine the structure of something (typically for the purposes of explanation and interpretation)

• inference

• text structure

• analyze

• characterization

The central message that readers can apply to life

• tone

• characterization

• speaker

• theme

The emotional quality or atmosphere of a literary work (This impacts how the READERS feel when reading/viewing the work.)

• mood

• figurative language

• tone

• theme

The methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character

• analyze

• characterization

• inference

• pacing