vocab 8th grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| external conflict | a struggle between a character and an outside force |
| internal conflict | struggle within a character |
| cultural conflict | a struggle that occurs when people with different cultural expectations or attitudes interact |
| tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers). |
| mood | The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. |
| irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens |
| situational irony | an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character, the reader, or the audience (a surprise twist) |
| dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't |
| verbal irony | a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words |
| symbol | an object that is used to represent something else |
| flashback | a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| suspense | Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story |
| theme | The main idea of the story |
| stated theme | theme is stated directly |
| implied theme | when the theme is not directly stated in the story; the reader must infer |
| recurring theme | The theme is presented in more than one piece of literature. |
| universal theme | an idea that is repeated across many cultures and throughout many time periods |
| author's perspective | Unique combination of ideas, values, and beliefs that influences a writer's outlook on a topic. |
| tradition | an inherited pattern of thought or action |
| heritage | practices that are handed down from the past by tradition |
| beliefs | specific thoughts or ideas that people hold to be true |
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