E3 Unit 1 Vocab

a discussion of a controversial or debatable issue.

• claim

• counterclaim

• argument

• theme

someone says something but actually means the opposite.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• chronological order

• refrain

the main character’s thoughts and conversation with themselves 

• dramatic irony

• allusion

• claim

• interior monologue

reference to a well-known person, place, event, text or work of art.

• situational irony

• allusion

• context clues

• counterclaim

readers or viewers are aware of something that a character does not know 

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• argument

hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. 

• allusion

• context clues

• argument

• counterclaim

repeated chorus

• refrain

• allusion

• theme

• argument

objections and challenges to the argument.

• theme

• argument

• refrain

• counterclaim

in order of time

• chronological structure

• allusion

• context clues

• dramatic irony

The main message/lesson of the story

• interior monologue

• theme

• situational irony

• context clues