Unit One Vocabulary - HLA9

The precise meaning of a word

• Diction

• Denotation

• Inference

• Syntax

Associations and emotional overtones attached to a word.

• Connotation

• Inference

• Context

• Tone

A conclusion about ideas or information not directly based on reasoning and evidence.

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Allusion

• Inference

Placing two things side by side for the purpose of comparison

• Setting

• Point of View

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

The time and place of a story

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Point of View

The perspective a narrator holds in relation to the events of a story

• Point of View

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Denotation

Something that represents both itself and something else.

• Point of View

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

• Symbol

A reference to something the writer feels should be well-known.

• Context

• Theme

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

A literary device that allows writers to paint pictures in the readers' minds.

• Plot

• Point of View

• Setting

• Imagery

A literary device in which their is a contrast between expectation and reality.

• Irony

• Juxtaposition

• Tone

• Dynamic Character