Words to Know SS Unit 2

central idea

• the most important point the author makes

• the writer's position on an issue or problem

• sequence of events in a story

• the lesson we learn from the story

claim

• the most important point the author makes

• the writer's position on an issue or problem

• sequence of events in a story

• the lesson we learn from the story

plot

• the most important point the author makes

• the writer's position on an issue or problem

• sequence of events in a story

• the lesson we learn from the story

theme

• the most important point the author makes

• the writer's position on an issue or problem

• sequence of events in a story

• the lesson we learn from the story

purpose of quotations

• a contrast between expectation and reality

• to show someone talking

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

allusion

• a contrast between expectation and reality

• to show someone talking

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

irony

• a contrast between expectation and reality

• to show someone talking

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

foreshadowing

• a contrast between expectation and reality

• to show someone talking

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

lyrical Style

• a poem that tells a story

• rhyme Scheme; Pattern of end rhymes

• pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• gives it a musical quality

rythm

• a poem that tells a story

• rhyme Scheme; Pattern of end rhymes

• pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• gives it a musical quality