ELA Academic Vocabulary Review

the way an author develops and reveals character traits (direct and indirect)

• dialogue

• irony

• theme

• characterization

not the literal meaning (e.g., raining cats and dogs DOES NOT mean cats and dogs are coming from the sky)

• connotative meaning

• denotation

• style

• figurative meaning

what may be suggested by or associated with the meaning of words (e.g., home may suggest warmth or family)

• denotative meaning

• connotative meaning

• figurative meaning

• literal meaning

the general or literal meaning of a word (e.g., home is a place where a person lives)

• connotative meaning

• denotation

• figurative meaning

• point of view

a passing reference it a text to a literary or historical person, place, event, or other literary work

• allusion

• suspense

• dialogue

• style

a subtle difference in a shade of meaning, expression, or sound

• style

• allusion

• tone

• nuance

the verbal interaction between two or more characters in a dramatic or narrative work

• dialogue

• evidence

• characterization

• theme

chiefly in narrative texts as 1st person, 2nd person, third person; can also means an author's thoughts or perspective

• dramatic irony

• point of view

• style

• plot

a situation in a play or story in which the author and the audience or reader have information that is unknown to the characters or actors (e.g., Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Snow White does not know the apple offered to her is poisonous, but the audience or reader knows this)

• dramatic irony

• figurative meaning

• irony

• suspense

a lack of certainty on the part of a concerned reader about what is going to happen to a character with whom the reader has established a bond; give a reader that sitting at the edge of your seat feeling

• suspense

• dramatic irony

• plot

• theme