| Term | Definition |
|---|
| interaction | discussion or action between or among people |
| perception | becoming aware of something via the senses |
| tone | :)the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author |
| mood | the overall emotion created by a work of literature |
| perspective | a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| character | a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work |
| literary devices | tools that writers use to enhance their writing |
| foreshadow | gives clues that suggest what might happen in the future |
| metaphor | a comparision without using like or as |
| simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| idiom | a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| writer's style | a type of writing common to one particular writer |
| culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization |
| influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort |
| language | the mental faculty or power of vocal communication |
| communication | the exchange of information between people |
| denotative meaning | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase |
| connotative meaning | the emotional, personal, or subjective meaning of a word |
| independent clause | expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence |
| dependant clause | a clause that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a sentence |
| complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
| compound sentence | a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
| research | a search for knowledge |
| notes | jot down your ideas on a brief outline |
| summarize | give the main point or idea |
| inquiry | an instance of questioning |
| evolution of language | the development of language from the beginning to current and future days |
| outline | a schematic or preliminary plan |
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