VocabularyList #2

Style (N)• Manner in which a writer puts his/her ideas into

words – formality, use of figurative language, sentences

Style

Parallelism (N)• Arrangement of equal ideas in equivalent

grammatical structures

Parallelism

Like father, like son. What goes around comes around.

Topic Sentence• Expresses the main idea of a paragraph and

defines the scope of the paragraph

Topic Sentence

Point of View• Type of narrator

Point of View

Antagonist (N)• Character or force in conflict with the main

character

Antagonist

Protagonist (N)• Main character

Protagonist

Characterization (N)• Act of creating and developing a character by

what he/she does and thinks whether directly(being told) or indirectly (being shown)

Characterization

Connotation (N)• An association that a word calls to mind to a

specific individual

Connotation

My thought of my house has always given me a positive connotation.

Denotation (N)• Exact, specific meaning; the literal meaning

found in a dictionary

Denotation• a stocky

seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice.

Simile (N)• Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or

“as”(Juliet is like a rose.)

Simile

Metaphor• Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of

as though it were something else(Juliet is a rose.)

Metaphor

Plot (N)• Sequence of events in a literary work

Plot