English 2- Vocabulary list 12

a literary device where humor is used to draw attention to or criticize some societal

• foreshadowing

• characterization

• imagery

• satire

attitude of a writer towards a subject or audience

• satire

• tone

• theme

• central idea

conversation between two or more people

• tone

• author's purpose

• dialogue

• metaphor

the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic

• theme

• tone

• author's purpose

• foreshadowing

use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• theme

• imagery

comparison between two things that are unrelated

• metaphor

• tone

• charaterization

• dialogue

highlight and explain the details about a character in the story

• satire

• foreshadowing

• theme

• characterization

universal idea, lesson, or message explored through literary work

• imagery

• theme

• central idea

• author's purpose

universal truth found in the story

• foreshadowing

• central idea

• authors purpose

• imagery

writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

• foreshadowing

• satiry

• tone

• metaphor