| A | B |
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| plot | structure of a story usually has 6 parts |
| connotation | emotional content of a story |
| dennotation | dictionary definition of a word |
| situational irony | the opposite of what was expected to happen |
| verbal irony | the literal meaning is opposite of what is meant |
| metaphor | comparing two things without using like or as |
| protagonist | main character |
| symbolism | an object represents an idea |
| diction | author's choice of words |
| characterization | to develop the character of a story |
| static character | character does not change throughout the story |
| dynamic character | character goes through a personal change in the story |
| round character | character has many traits |
| Tone | author's attitude toward the subject of the story |
| Mood | feeling the audience or reader gets from the story |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| point of view | The author's vantage point in telling the story |
| personification | giving something human qualities that is not human |
| imagery | words that appeal to the senses usually adjectives |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| satire | to ridicule through literature |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like the action |
| sarcasm | ironic remark made to criticize a subject |
| dystopia | society is controlled by a totalitarianism and is the illusion of being perfect |
| propaganda | information is used to control a society |
| a characteristic of a dystopian society | a figure head is worshipped |
| Type of dystopian control | technology |
| Type of dystopian control | philosophical |
| type of dystopian control | bureaucratic |
| type of dystopian control | corporate |
| dystopian protagonist quality | feels trapped by the society |
| order in which you discover the theme of a literary work | mood, concrete subject, tone, abstract subject, purpose, theme |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| consonance | repetition of the consonant sound at any point in the word |
| alliteration | repetition of the consonant sound at the beginning of words |
| idiom | an expression or saying that is culturally relevant but makes no sense literally |
| stanza | division in a poem; paragraphs |
| octave | an 8 line poem |
| sonnet | 14 line poem |
| couplet | 2 line poem |
| verse | a sentence in poem |
| 1st T in TPCASST | initial meaning the title of a poem has |
| P in T TPCASST | paraphrase a poem line for line |
| Last T in TPCASST | analyze the title thematically |
| TPCASST | the way we analyze poetry in this class |
| APES | the acronym used to write an OER |
| 1st sentence of a OER | answer the question with a statement |
| 2nd sentence of a OER | provide evidence using and example from the story in your own words |
| 3rd sentence of a OER | provide an embedded quote as evidence |
| 4th sentence of a OER | give a concluding sentence that expresses commentary on the subject |
| The first thing to do in the writing process | make the prompt into a question |
| The 2nd thing to do in the writing process | answer the question with a statement |
| paraphrase | to take the authors words and rephrase them using your words and ideas |
| embedded quote | taking a partial quoted information and using it in context with you own words |
