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| Themes | a central idea of work |
| Values | the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live |
| Beliefs | specific ideas that people hold to be true |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Protagonist | the main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict |
| Lyrical Poem | A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personsal feelings or thoughts of a speaker. |
| Narrative Poem | a poem that tells a story |
| Free Verse Poem | a poem that has no definite rhyme and structure |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told |
| Stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| Myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. |
| Sensory Imagery | Language that evokes images and triggers memories in the reader of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. |
| 3rd Person Limited Point of View | the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
| 3rd Person Objective Point of View | outside narrator records events without discussing character motivation or knowing what characters are thinking |
| 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View | narrator knows everything in the story and reveals the thoughts of all the characters |
| Textual Connection | connecting your thoughts to the text |
| Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning |
| Root Word | main part of a word [paint] |
| Affix | a prefix or a suffix |
| Prefix | an affix that added in front of the word [REpaint] |
| Suffix | an affix that is added at the end of the word [paintING] |
| Author's Purpose | The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain) |
| Textual Evidence | supporting a statement with information from text |
| Rising Action | events leading up to the climax |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| First Person Point of View | the narrator is a character in the story and used words like I, me, we |
| Second Person Point of View | The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly |
| Linear Plot | A plot that has a distinctive begining, middle, and end, and is composed of five identifiable parts: introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. |
| Subplot | a secondary situation and conflict less important than the main plot of the story |
| Red Herring | any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue |
| Factual Claim | a claim that something is true; a claim that evidence or reasons are being presented |
| Logical Fallacy | Way of supporting facts that are not logically sound. |
| False Premise | An error in deductive reasoning that is based on a hasty generalization. |
| Genre | a kind of literary or artistic work |
| Assumption | a belief or statement taken for granted without proof |
| Band Wagon | an argument saying in effect that becuase other people are doing something, you should too |
| Perspective | a way of thinking about situations or topics |
| Visual Technique | Develop a picture to represent each major concept |
| Sound Technique | control the sound of the poem |
| Media | the various methods of communicating information |
