Biography/Autobiography Vocabulary – Flashcards
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Figurative Language
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words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
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First Person
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the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like I, me, and we
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Third Person
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the narrator is not a character in the story
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Point of View
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how a writer chooses to narrate a story
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two things that are basically unalike but have some qualities in common
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Mood
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the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
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Sensory Detail
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words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
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Simile
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a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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Tone
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expresses the writer's opinion toward a subject
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Voice
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a writer's unique use of language that allows a reader to "hear" a human personality in the writer's work
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