| Term | Definition |
|---|
| propaganda | strongly advocating issues; dominating |
| persuasion | to cause someone to do something by means of argument or reasoning; to convince |
| opinion | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| fact | a statement that can be verified as true; to have existed |
| testimonial | a personal success story used to influence others, like diet commercials |
| loaded words | words slanted for or against a topic. Strong positive or negative connatation |
| generalization | making conclusions without giving specific information; talking vaguely |
| rhetorical devices | literary device that is intended to emphasize a point, not to obtain a response |
| theme | the central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work. |
| exposition | a technique by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed in a novel, play, movie or other work of fiction |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| protagonist | the main character of a story, the good one |
| antagonist | the bad person in the story |
| climax | the decisive moment in a novel or play |
| plot diagram | a graphic representation of the progress of the plot |
| resolution | the ending of a story |
| conflict | dramatic struggle between two forces in a story |
| foreshadowing | the author gives hints as to what could or potentially will happen by the end of the story |
| simile | a comparison of unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison of unlike things which does not use like or as |
| allegory | reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history, or a reference to a character or theme in another literary work |
| personification | giving human traits to something that is non-human |
| hyperbole | an obvious and deliberate exaggeration; ex: saying 'i'm freezing' when you're cold |
| tone | attitudes toward the subject and audience implied in a literary work |
| characterization | methods by which an author portrays a character in a literary work |
| symbolism | a literary technique in which an author uses symbols to represent concrete ideas, events, or relationships |
| imagery | descriptive language used in literature to recreate sensory experiences, enrich writing, and to make the writing more vivid |
| point of view | the perspective from which the story is told: first person, second person, third person omniscent, and third person limited |
| inference | a judgement based on reasoning, rather than on direct or explicit statements |
| functional text | printed material that is specifically intended to convey information (instructions, labels, signs, reciepts) |
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