English 1 Vocabulary
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 Affix | a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form |
| Analyze | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning |
| Argument | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true |
| Author's Purpose | The reason the author wrote a literary work, or shared information, events, motivations, etc. inside a literary work. |
| Foil | anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities |
| Clarity | Clear understanding |
| Connotation | suggested or implied meaning of an expression |
| Convey | how the author gets the point across |
| Credibility | The quality of being believable or trustworthy. |
| Critique | A detailed review; an evaluation |
| Demonstrate | To clearly explain, show or prove with examples, models, or experiments; to gather in public to support an opinion or cause |
| Denotative | The dictionary meaning of a word |
| Derived | to receive or obtain from a source or origin |
| Diction | the author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning |
| Differentiate | to see the difference; to distinguish |
| Drama | the literary genre of works intended for the theater |
| Dramatic Conventions | any traditional or customary method of a specific genre |
| Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't |
| Elements of Poetry | stanzas; couplets; quatrains; metaphor; simile; personification; imagery; rhythm/meter; rhyme; alliteration; repetition |
| Elements of the Writing Process | planning, drafting, revising, editing, publishing |
| Etymology | study of word origins |
| Evaluate | examine and judge carefully |
| Textual Evidence | specific details or facts found in text that support what is inferred |
| Expository | explanatory; serving to explain |
| Literary Non‐fiction | Text that includes literary elements and devices usually associated with fiction to report on actual persons, places, or events. |
| Fiction | Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. |
| Figurative Language | Language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense. |
| Genre | type or category of literary work (e.g., poetry, essay, short story, novel, drama) |
| Graphics | visual illustrations or photographs in text |
| Imagery | the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create mental pictures for the reader |
| Inference | logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience |
| Irony | the opposite of what is expected |
| Linguistic | Pertaining to the use of language. |
| Main Idea(s) | the central purpose of a passage; the primary message expressed by a passage |
| Medium | the literary form an author chooses to use for communicating his/her message |
| Monologue | speech by one character |
| Myth | a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs |
| Non‐Linear Plot Development | (flashback, foreshadowing, sub‐plots, parallel plot structures) |
| Opinion | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| Paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth |
| Persuasive | used to convice the reader of the writer's point of view |
| Poetry | the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. |
| Point of View | the perspective from which the story is told |
| Perspective | one way of looking at things |
| Punctuation | the use of standard marks and signs in writing |
| Reciprocal Pronouns | Each other, one another |
| Reflect | think carefully; meditate; contemplate |
| Relate | to be connected in a certain way |
| Relevance | relation to the matter at hand |
| Resolution | the falling action of a narrative; the events following the climax |
| Revise drafts | to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update |
| Rhetorical Devices | literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression/meaning/purpose |
| Sarcasm | a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical |
| Sensory Language | writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses |
| Sentence Variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect. |
| Soliloquies | speeches in which one actor speaks aloud revealing his or her inner thoughts |
| Specific Audience | a single person or group whose point of view is the same |
| Purpose | the specific reason a person has for writing: the goal of writing |
| Summary | a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form |
| Synthesize | combine so as to form a more complex, product |
| Textual evidence | supporting a statement with information from text |
| Theme | central message of a story |
| Thesis | The theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support. |
| Tone | the quality of a piece of writing that reveals the attitude of the author |
| Transitions | passage from one subject to another |
| Viewpoint | an attitude of mind, or the circumstances of an individual that conduce to such an attitude |
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