MAP test reading terms
Reading terms for the reading MAP test spring 2008
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- second person
- the person used by a speaker in referring to the one to whom she is speaking
- literature
- writings in which expression and form are characteristics or essential features
- homonym
- a word the same as another in sound and spelling, but different in meaning
- antithesis
- the exact opposite placed next to each other in a sentence
- anecdote
- a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature
- excerpt
- a passage or segment taken from a longer work
- connotation
- an idea or meaning suggested by a word or thing
- pathetic fallacy
- the endowment of a nature with human traits or feelings
- parallellism
- saying the same thing with two different phrases next to each other
- journalism
- the occupation of a news organization as a buisiness
- iambic pentameter
- a sequence of 5 iambs, each consisting of da DUM
- synecdoche
- a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole, etc.
- archetype
- a defining example of a personality type
- third person
- in or referring to such a grammatical person or linguistic form
- syntax
- the study of rules for the formation of grammatical sentences
- voice
- expression in spoken or written words
- metric feet
- the basic rhythmic structure of a verse
- satire
- a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, sarcasm, or wit
- exposition
- the act of explaining
- literary elements
- the components of a literary piece, character, setting, plot, theme, and ending/resolution
- consonance
- the repetition of consonants at the end of a word
- theme
- a short informal essay, especially a school composition
- contrast
- a relationship between two discourse segments
- metaphor
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not usually denote in order to suggest a similarity
- idiom
- an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of it's constituent elements
- form
- the shape of a word
- alliteration
- the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words of in stressed syllables
- imagery
- the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
- viewpoint
- the position of the narrator in relation to the story
- omniscient
- the capacity to know everything that can be known about a character
- cliché
- a phrase that has been overly used
- aphorism
- a concise and often witty statement of wisdom or opinion
- acronym
- a word formed from the initial letters of a name
- paradox
- a statement that seems self-contradictory but in reality expresses a possible truth
- irony
- the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of it's literal meaning
- sonnet
- a 14-line poem
- onomatopoeia
- a word whose sound suggests its meaning
- hyperbole
- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
- memoir
- an account of one's personal experiences
- oxymoron
- a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms
- tone
- a particular style as of writing or speech
- allusion
- indirect reference
- literary device
- a literary or linguistic technique that produces a specific effect
- symbolize
- express indirectly by an image, form or model
- assonance
- resemblance of vowel sounds in words
- homophone
- one of two or more words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and spelling
- foreshadowing
- to present and indication of a suggestion of beforehand
- first person
- literary style in which the narrator recounts her own experiences
- anthology
- a collection of literary pieces
- stereotype
- a generalization usually exaggerated or over simplified
- pun
- a humorous play on words
- standard english
- the English language in it's most widely accepted form
- scansion
- the symbols that you use when you break apart a word