Reading ComprehensionAesthetic

    This has to do with the beauty of something rather than its usefulness.Allegory

   This is a story with two or more levels of meaning--a literal level and a symbolic level--in which events, setting, and characters are symbols for ideas or qualities.Alliteration

    This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.Allusion

    This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.Analogy

    This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.Analyze

    This is to separate a whole into its parts.Archetypal Character

    This is a character in a work that is very typical of a certain type of person.Archetype

   This is the original model for a person, place, thing, or idea appearing later in history, folklore, literature, or myth. It is a symbol, setting, character, or theme that has universal meaning.Argument

    This involves one or more reasons presented by a speaker or a writer to lead the audience or reader to a logical conclusion.Argument

    The logical, systematic presentation of reasoning and supporting evidence that proves the validity of a statement or position.Argumentation

    This is the kind of writing that tries to persuade readers to accept an author's opinions.Assonance

    This is the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.Author's Purpose

    This is the reason for creating written work.Ballad

    This is a rhymed, songlike poem that tells a story , often dealing with adventure or romance.

Believability     This is the ability to trust something as true or credible.

Bias

   This is a prejudice that is leaning toward a positive or negative judgment on something; a personal judgment or opinion about a particular person, position, or thing.Blank Verse

    This is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.Categorical Claim

   This rhetorical strategy contains a statement that is an arguable interpretation of the facts. It is present when people can disagree about the definition of the category to which the object or person belongs.Central Idea

    The key point made in a written passage; the chief topic.Character

    This is an individual's mental or moral quality.Characterization

    This is the combination of ways that an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like.Characters

    These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.Classical Literature

   This includes great masterpieces of the Greek, Roman, and other ancient civilizations as well as any writing that is widely considered a model of its form.Climax

    This is the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak.Communication

   This is the process of sending and receiving information. This interaction between individuals includes three categories: verbal, nonverbal, and written.Conclusion

    This wraps up a piece of writing and reminds readers of the thesis.Connotation

    This is the emotional feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of a word.Consonance

    This is the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables that are preceded by different vowel sounds.

Cultural Elements     This includes language, ideologies, beliefs, values, and norms. These

elements help to shape the life of a society.Deductive Logic

    This is the process of forming a specific consequence from general observations.Dialect

    This is a form of language that is characteristic of a particular place or by a particular group of people.Diary

    This is a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations.Diction

    This is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.Direct Characterization

    This is when an author reveals a person in the story characterization by giving specific descriptions.Dramatic Irony

    This is when the audience or the readers know something that the characters do not know.Dynamic Character

    This is a person in a fictional work that changes during the course of the action.End Rhyme

    This is the repetition of similar sounds that comes at the ends of lines of poetry.Essay

    This is a short, nonfiction work about a particular subject.Evaluate

    This is placing a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking.Evidence

    This is information that supports a generalization.Extended Metaphor

    This is a sustained comparison in which a subject is written or spoken of as if it were something else.False Syllogism

    This is the act of drawing the wrong conclusion from two premises.Figurative Language

    This goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create special effects or feelings.Figure Of Speech

    a word or phrase that is not meant to be taken literally but figuratively; synonym for figurative languageFirst Person

    This is a point of view where the narrator is a character in the story and refers to him or herself with I.First-person Point Of View

    This is a point of view in which the story is told by one of the characters.Fixed Form

   This means traditional verse form, or a poem that inherits from other poems certain familiar elements of structure including an unvarying number of lines, rhyme, meter, particular themes, tones, and other elements.Flashback

    This is a scene, a conversation, or an event that interrupts the present action to show something that happened in the past.Flat Character

    This is a person in a fictional work that is never fully developed by the author.Foreshadowing

    This is the use of hints in written works about what will happen later.Form

    This is the structure into which a piece of literature, such as a poem, is organized.Format

    This is the general plan of organization of a written work.Free Verse

    This is poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.Generalization

    This is forming a broad concept based on specific instances. Inductive reasoningGenre

    This is the category or type of literature.Haiku

   This is a highly compressed form of Japanese poetry that creates a brief, clear picture in order to produce an emotional reaction in the reader. It relies upon images taken from nature and on the power of suggestion. It has three lines of five, seven, and five syllables each.Historical Context

    The setting and circumstances in which a literary work is written or an event occurs.Hyperbole

    This is extreme exaggeration used in a literary work.Idiom

    This is a phrase in common use that can not be understood by literal or ordinary meanings.Imagery

    This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.Imagery

    This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, a place, or an event.Implied Meaning

    This is a suggested, but not stated, definition.Indirect Characterization

   This is when an author reveals a person in the story characterization through his/her words, thoughts, appearance, action, or what others think or say about him/her.Inductive Logic

    This is the process of making a generalization based on a specific observation.Inference

   This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read.Informational Text

    This is a type of real-world writing that presents information that is necessary or valuable to the reader.Intent

    This is the overriding purpose of a speech or written work; for example, to entertain, to inform,to persuade.Internal Rhyme

    This occurs within a line of poetry when two words have similar ending sounds.Interpretation

    This is the explanation of the significance or meaning of a work.Irony

    This is the contrast between appearance and reality or what is expected and what actually happens.Journal

    This is a daily autobiographical account of events and personal reactions.Lexicon

    This is the vocabulary or words used by a particular profession or with a specific subject.Limited View

   This is a point of view, in which the narrator is outside the story, reveals the thoughts of only one character, and yet refers to that characters as 'he' or 'she'.Literary Device

    A type of tool or strategy to enhance an author's styleLiterary Elements

    These are the components used together to create a fictional piece of writing.Literary Movement

    Describes authors or types of literature that are loosely related due to style or subject matter.Literary Period

   Literary works are often grouped into these because they share a time span. This allows analysis for traits common to an identified time. These can include conventions, styles, themes, and philosophies. Examples include the Romantic period and the Renaissance.Logic

   This is the reasoning used to reach a conclusion based on a set of assumptions, or it may be defined as the science of reasoning, proof, thinking, or inference.Lyric Poem

    This is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker.Memoir

    This is an account of the personal experiences of an author.Metaphor

    This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.Mood

    This is the feeling that an author wants readers to have while reading.Myth

    This is a traditional tale about gods, goddesses, heroes, and other characters.Mythology

    This is a body or collection of tales belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes. It explains the actions of

gods and goddesses or the cause of natural phenomena and includes supernatural elements.Narrative Poem

    This tells a story in verse.Nonfiction

    This is factual writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.Nonfiction

   This is prose written with the primary purpose of explaining, arguing, or describing in an objective, straightforward manner. It includes such genres as 'biography' and 'autobiography'.Omniscient

   This is a point of view; the narrator KNOWS EVERYTHING about the characters and events, and describes the characters and action from outside the story.Omniscient

    "Third Person __________" is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and knows everything about the characters and events.Onomatopoeia

    This is the use of words that sound like the noises they describe.Opinion

    This is a statement that reflects a writer's belief about a topic , and it cannot be proved.Organization

   In writing, this is the trait of order, structure and presentation of information; It is the writing trait which measures logical sequencing of ideas, details, or events.Paradox

    This is a statement that leads to a contradictory situation in which something seems both true and false.Parallelism

    This is a persuasive technique in which an author creates a BALANCED sentence by re-using the same word structure.Parody

    This is a humorous imitation of a literary work that exaggerates or distorts the characteristic features of the original.Personification

    This is a type of figurative language in which human qualities are given to nonhuman things.Perspective

    This is a writer's point of view about a particular subject, and is often influenced by their beliefs or by events in their lives.

Plot     This is the series of events that happen in a literary work.

Poem

   This is an arrangement of words in verse. It sometimes rhymes, and expresses facts, emotions, or ideas in a style more concentrated, imaginative and powerful than that of ordinary speech.Poetry

    This is the third major type of literature in addition to drama and prose.Point Of View

    This is the perspective from which a story is told.Premise

    This is an assumption or hypothesis which begins a logical argument.Pun

    This is a humorous word play that usually is based on several meanings of one word.Purpose

    This is an author's intention, reason, or drive for writing the piece.Reading Strategies

    These are the processes that good readers use before, during, and after reading to understand a text.Rhetorical Question

   This is a persuasive technique in which a writer or speaker asks a question, but no answer is required because he implies the answer is obvious; done to convince the audience to agree with the writer/speaker's point.Rhetorical Strategy

    This is a plan an author uses to effectively deliver the intended message in written work.Rhyme

    This is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words.Rhyme Scheme

    This is the regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems.Rhythm

    This is the musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.Round Character

    This is a person in a fictional work that is well-developed by the author.Satire

    This is writing that uses humor to ridicule or criticize individuals, ideas, or institutions in hopes of improving them.

Sensory Details     These are images help the reader see or hear or feel things. These are

details that appeal to the senses.Setting

    This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.Simile

    This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as".Situational Irony

    This is when something happens that is the opposite of what was expected.Slant Rhyme

    This is the use of words with similar or inexact end sounds to create rhyme.Sonnet

    This is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.Sound Devices

    These are the sounds of words that poets use to enrich their poetry.Speech

    This is a talk or public address.Standard American English

    This is the version of the English language that is regarded as the model in America for writers and speakers who are considered educated.Static Character

    This is a person in a fictional work that does not change during the course of the action.Structure

   This refers to a writer's arrangement or overall design of a literary work. It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.Style

    This is the way an author expresses ideas through the use of kinds of words, literary devices, and sentence structure.Subplot

    This is a secondary plot in a work of literature that either explains or helps to develop the main plot.Supporting Evidence

    These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.Syllogism

    a logical premise(s) and the conclusion that can be drawn from it.

Symbol     This is a person, place, thing, or event that represents something more than

itself in a literary work.Symbolism

    This is the use of objects or ideas that represent something other than themselves.Syntax

    This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence.Theme

    This is the message, usually about life or society that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.Third Person Limited Point Of View

    This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, which is referred to as "he" or "she."Tone

    This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.Universal Theme

    This is the central message of a story, poem, novel, or play that many readers can apply to their own experiences, or to those of all people.Verbal Irony

    This is when someone says the opposite of what he or she really means.Viewpoint

    This is an expression of an opinion or standpoint.