English 3 Unit 2 Vocabulary

Voice that talks to the reader; not necessarily the author

• speaker

• point of view

• tone

• mood

A statement that seems to contradict itself but may still suggest an important truth (e.g. a wise fool)

• catalogue

• paradox

• parallelism

• motivation

Underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand

• simile

• symbol

• theme

• point of view

A figure of speech that compares two things without using a cue word

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• symbol

A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity

• irony

• catalogue

• paradox

• repetition

A figure of speech that compares two things using a word such as like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• catalogue

A person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself but also stands for something beyond itself

• speaker

• symbol

• simile

• tone

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• irony

• point of view

• mood

• tone

A list of people, things, or attributes

• personification

• irony

• catalogue

• paradox

Perspective from which the events in the piece are told (e.g. first person, second person, third person)

• tone

• speaker

• paradox

• point of view