1. Antagonist: someone who offers opposition
2. Protagonist: the principal character in a work of fiction
3. Epilogue: a short speech by an actor at the end of a play
4. Legacy: a gift of personal property by will
5. Lore: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
6. Time: the continuum of experience in which events pass to the past
7. Environment: the totality of surrounding conditions
8. Interview: the questioning of a person ; often conducted by journalists
9. Plot: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
10. Etymology: a history of a word
11. Alibi: proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
12. deductive reasoning: reasoning from the general to the particular
13. Evidence: knowledge on which to base belief
14. inductive reasoning: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
15. Inference: drawing a conclusion on the basis of circumstantial evidence
16. Investigator: someone who inquires carefully
17. Mystery: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
18. problem solving: the thought processes involved in solving a problem
19. red herring: diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
20. Sleuth: a detective who follows a trail
21. Suspect: regard as untrustworthy
22. Victim: an unfortunate person who suffers from adverse circumstances
23. Witness: someone who sees an event and reports what happened
24. Idiom: expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
25. fly in the face of: go against
26. fly off the handle: get very angry and fly into a rage
27. flying colors: complete success
28. Imagery: the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
29. Meter: a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
30. Memoir: an account of the author's personal experiences
31. Personification: attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
32. Realism: the attribute of accepting the facts of life
33. cruel
34. Lazy
35. Silly
36. Greedy
37. Regarded
38. Scorned
39. Criticized
40. Viewed
41. Appreciated
42. Depict
43. Represented
44. Publish
45. List
46. Omit
47. Accessible
48. Continuity
49. Chronological
50. Cultural
51. Halt
52. Negotiate
53. Synonym
54. Antonym
55. Persuade
56. Folly
57. Continuity
58. Accessible
59. Weaken
60. Moderate
61. central idea: What the passage or text is mainly about
62. supporting details: Details that help to explain the central idea/topic
sentence
63. key detail: supports the central idea in an important way. Authors
elaborate using examples or anecdotes.
64. Anecdote: Short Story
65. Summarize: Tell in your own words what a passage is about including
only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not
include opinions or judgement.
66. Analysis of text: Detailed examination of text to decide what it means:
word choice, character development, and plot.
67. figurative language: Words that may not literally mean what they say
68. connotative meaning: Meanings that suggests something other than the
literal meaning; figure of speech; Meaning in context
69. denotative meaning: Dictionary meaning
70. Simile: When you use words "like" or "as" to compare ideas
71. Metaphor: When you compare ideas without using the words "like" or "as"
72. Significance: A part of the story that is important
73. Alliteration: Repetition of a single consonant letter in the alphabet ("Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.")
74. Onomatopoeia: Sound words: Ex: sizzling, slithered
75. Personification: Speaking of something that is not human as if it had
human abilities and human reactions
76. Hyperbole: Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point
77. Idiom: Groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary
meaning of the words. Ex. "Put a lid on it." "Couch Potato"
78. author's purpose: Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain
(PIE)
79. text structure: The way a text is presented: introduction, headings and/or
subheads, sentences that form paragraphs, and chapters.Develops ideas
for the text.
80. Tone: How the author feels (excited, silly, serious, or angry)
81. Mood: How the text makes the reader feel
82. Cause: What makes something happen
83. Effect: What happens because of something happens
84. Analogy: Relationship between two words: synonym, definition, antonym,
etc.
85. Compare: How are texts alike
86. Contrast: How are texts different
87. Characters: People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama
88. Plot: Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end
89. Conflict: Problem the character must resolve
90. Exposition: Introduces background information to the reader: information
about the setting, events occurring before the main plot, characters, and
etc.
91. rising action: series of events in a literary plot that build toward the point
of greatest interest
92. Climax: Turning point in story
93. falling action: Events that occur after the climax and the loose ends are
being tied up and before the end of the story
94. Resolution: Time when the conflict is resolved at the end of the story
95. Evidence: Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis
96. Theme: Main idea, moral, or message in a piece of writing. Think about
character's actions, plot, and repeating ideas in the story.
97. point of view: Perspective from which a story is told
98. Narrator: Someone who tells the story
99. 1st person point of view (narrator): Uses I and is usually the main
character in the story
100. 2nd person point of view (narrator): Narrator directs the reader as you
101. 3rd person point of view (narrator): Narrator is outside the story and
uses he or she
102. Stanza: A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph
103. static character: literary character who remains basically unchanged
throughout a work
104. dynamic character: literary or dramatic character who undergoes an
important inner change
105. flat character: minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo
substantial change or growth in the course of a story
106. round character: major character in a work of fiction who encounters
conflict and is changed by it
107. textual evidence: text that the author presents as argument
108. direct characterization: the narrator or a character in the story tells us
exactly what we need to know about a character
109. indirect characterization: we find out about characters indirectly through
thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters
110. Sympathetic
111. Sincere
112. Cold-hearted
113. Quick-tempered
114. Deal: arrangement
115. Coaxed: urged, encouraged
116. Invitation
117. Conversed
118. Sharecroppers
119. Comparision
120. Contrast
121. Connotation
122. Squash (verb)
123. Construct
124. Object: a goal a person is trying to reach
125. Observant
126. Decieves
127. Emphasize
128. Triumph
129. There
130. Their
131. They’re