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Literacy terms - J&H
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- 1AlliterationWhere the same sound is repeated in a stretch of language, usually at the begging of words.
- 2AllusionA reference, sometimes hidden in a word or phrase, which connects with another idea or text
- 3Alter egoAn alternative personality
- 4CharacterA fictional person in a story
- 5characterisationcreation in personality in a piece of writing through the way a person acts and speaks and how others act and speak towards them and about them
- 6Clausegroup of words without a main verb
- 7ConjectureAn uncertain conclusion or inference drawn from incomplete information
- 8ConnotationConnected to an idea or association that is bought to mind by a word.
- 9EuphemismSaying one thing, but meaning another, usually when a topic is embarrassing, upsetting or taboo. An example is 'Passed away' instead of 'died'
- 10First person narratorA voice telling a story using the first person point of you (I)
- 11ImageryMaking pictures with words, using similes or metaphors
- 12GothicA style of writing characterised by horror, extravagant settings or language, intense emotion and supernatural events
- 13InterjectionAn exclamation in speech
- 14Interpolated narrativesShort bits of story-telling inserted into a longer narrative, often through documents such as letters and diaries, or through one character telling another about an event or episode
- 15IronyWhen a narrator or character deliberately says one thing when they mean another, for humorous or sarcastic effect or to draw attention to an idea
- 16Literallyto mean exactly what the words say
- 17Literally deviceA technique used by a writer, such as alliteration or imagery
- 18MetaphorPresenting one thing as though it were another, without making a comparison
- 19NarrativeA sequence of connected events that make a story
- 20NarratorThe voice telling a story
- 21NovellaA narrative that is longer than a story but shorter than most novels.
- 22NuanceFine distinction of meaning, sense of feeling
- 23Objective correlativeUsing an object or state of external events or conditions to indicate something abstract, such as characters state of mind or idea.
- 24ProtagonistThe main character
- 25Rhetorical questionA question that is asked with no expectation of an answer.
- 26RhythmThe pattern of sound made by strong and weak syllables in a line of text. It can force words to be read slowly or quickly, or create a distinct beat.
- 27SettingThe place and time which a story takes place.
- 28SimileAn image that compares one thing with another, using words such as 'like' or 'as'
- 29Subordinate clauseA clause that is slotted into a sentence to add explanation or detail but that could be removed without disrupting the sentence
- 30SuppositionAn assumption, or a belief held without good reason or evidence
- 31ThemeA subject or topic with which the story is concerned
- 32Third person narratorA narrator that refers to action happening to other characters and has no presence as 'I' in the story
- 33VerbA word that shows action or state, such as 'eats', 'went','are', 'hopes'
- 34Ambiguityopen to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
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