State Assessment Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ALLUSION | an indirect reference |
| ANTAGONIST | a major character in a book, play, or story whose values or behavior are in conflict with the hero |
| BULLET | used to highlight items in a printed list |
| COMPARE | to examine two or more people or things in order to discover similarities between them |
| CONFLICT | opposition between characters/forces in a literary work that shapes or motivates the action of a plot |
| CONTRAST | something that is different, compared with something else |
| DESCRIPTION | the process of giving an account or explanation of something |
| DYNAMIC/ROUND CHARACTER | character encounters conflict and is changed by it |
| FACT | something that can be shown to be true, to exist, or to have happened |
| FLASHBACK | a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past |
| FLAT/STATIC CHARACTER | minor character who does not have much change/ remains the same throughout the narrative |
| FORESHADOW | used to indicate or suggest something, usually unpleasant, that is going to happen |
| IDIOM | a fixed, distinctive, and colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words |
| IMAGERY | visually descriptive |
| IRONY | seems contrary to what is expected |
| METAPHOR | the application of a word or phrase to somebody/something that is not meant literally but only makes a comparison |
| MOOD | atmosphere in a work of art |
| OPINION | the view somebody takes about a certain issue, especially when it is based solely on personal judgment |
| OVERSTATEMENT | exaggerate |
| PARADOX | statement that leads to a conclusion that is absurd or contradictory |
| PASSAGE | a section of a piece of writing |
| POINT OF VIEW | the perspective on events of a particular character in a story |
| POSITION | a policy, view, or opinion, especially an official one |
| PROTAGONIST | the most important character in a novel, play, story, or other literary work |
| SATIRE | use of humor or exaggeration to expose and criticize stupidity of man |
| SEQUENCE | a number of actions or events that happen one after another |
| STATEMENT | written words of something such as a fact, intention, or policy, or and instance of this |
| SUBHEADING | a subsection of a piece of writing |
| SUBPLOT | a second and less important story within a book, play, or movie |
| SUMMARIZE | to give a shortened version of something that has been written, stating its main points |
| SYMBOLIZE | to represent something by means of a representative object |
| TONE | manner of expression in writing (gives author's feeling) |
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