| A | B |
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| dynamic character | a character who changes or grows during a work of literature |
| emotional appeal | an appeal to pathos rather than logos or ethos |
| ethos | an appeal to the ethics and character of the speaker |
| etymology | the derivation- origin and history of a word |
| exposition/expository | writing that explains, informs, or presents information |
| flat character | a character constructed by a single idea or quality |
| genre | a category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique. or content |
| hyperbole | an obviously exaggerated statement |
| idiom | common phrase that cannot be understood by its literal meaning |
| indirect characterization | created by description of action and what other characters say about them |
| inference | requires constructing meaning by combining information from the text with background knowledge or experience not directly stated in the text |
| irony | situational, dramatic, and verbal |
| jargon | words particular to a profession, trade or group |
| literal | factual, explicit, direct |
| logos | fleshing out the central idea through claims, data and warrants |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things |
| mood | the emotional state of mind, the feeling, that a work of literature evokes and/ or the emotional-intellectual attitude of the author toward the subject |
| myth | a traditional or legendary story often involving fictional, superhuman characters |
| narrative | fiction in which the author seeks to entertain, to transmit culture and values, and/or to explain human behavior |
