| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Alliteration: | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. |
| Allusion: | An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event. |
| Analysis: | The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another. |
| Antonym: | A word that is the opposite of another word. |
| Characterization: | The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities. |
| Compare: | Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections. |
| Context clues: | Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words. |
| Conventions of language: | Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness. |
| Evaluate: | Examine and judge carefully. |
| Figurative language: | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |
| Fluency: | The clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas. Freedom from word-identification problems which might hinder comprehension in silent reading or the expression of ideas in oral reading. |
| Focus: | The center of interest or attention. |
| Genre: | A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry). |
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. |
| Allusion | An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event. |
| Analysis | The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another. |
| Antonym: | A word that is the opposite of another word. |
| Characterization | The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities. |
| Compare: | Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections. |
| Context clues: | Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words. |
| Conventions of language: | Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness. |
| Evaluate | Examine and judge carefully. |
| Figurative language: | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |
| Fluency: | The clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas. Freedom from word-identification problems which might hinder comprehension in silent reading or the expression of ideas in oral reading. |
| Focus | The center of interest or attention. |
| Genre | A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry). |
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