Language Arts Terms Unit
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- Imagery
- A word(s) in literature which appeal to the senses (sight, taste, touch, hearing, or smell)
- Irony
- The use of a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its literal or usual meaning; different from what is expected
- Omniscient Point of View
- The reader is privy to the thoughts of several characters, or even all, of the characters
- Homophone
- Words that are pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning
- Mood
- The emotions of a work or of the author in his/her writing
- Foreshadow
- Used to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments
- Limited Point of View
- The reader can see into the mind of one character
- Symbolism
- The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
- Point of View
- The way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told
- Antonym
- A word that is the opposite of another word
- Inference
- A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct statement
- Third Person Point of View
- The third person point of view presents the events of the story from outside of any single character's perception
- Flashback
- A switch from the present time to the story to a scene in the past
- Rhyme Scheme
- The arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem (ex. AABB, ABAB)
- Dialect
- Form of language that people speak in a certain region or group
- First Person Point of View
- The main character tells the story using words that include himself/herself (I, us, we, my, etc.)
- Synonym
- A word that has a similar meaning to another word
- Theme
- A major idea or lesson within a story