Griffith - Academic Vocabulary 2023

1. a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly
5. be a warning or indication of (a future event).
6. the desire to act in service of a goal.
8. a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
10. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
12. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
15. a type of literary device used to tell conclusive details about a character to the reader with little or no ambiguity.
16. writer's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom.

2. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
3. the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
4. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
7. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
9. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
10. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
11. the creation or construction of a fictional character.
13. a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
14. a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.