Vocab Review Unit 1

the creation of a believable personality by showing the character’s appearance, displaying the character’s actions, revealing the character’s thoughts, hearing the character speak and seeing the reactions of others to this character

• foreshadowing

• characterization

• protagonist

• dialogue

any struggle between opposing forces; it drives each and every story

• sensory details

• figurative language

• plot

• conflict

the time, place and atmosphere in which the story takes place

• setting

• mood

• foreshadowing

• dialogue

the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express, the moral of the story

• mood

• tone

• theme

• point of view

the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot

• diction

• irony

• figurative language

• foreshadowing

element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions

• characterization

• mood

• tone

• diction

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

• tone

• mood

• setting

• characterization

an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected; the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does

• plot

• foreshadowing

• irony

• tone

uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful

• characterizaton

• figurative language

• foreshadowing

• mood

the sequence of events that happen in a story

• conflict

• plot

• point of view

• setting