OST Vocab Practice

2. The action that takes place in a story after the climax and that resolves the conflict.
6. Words that describe sights, sounds, movements and recreate sensory experience.
12. The emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.
15. The main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward.
17. To quote, paraphrase, or refer to another source
18. The use of clues that suggest events yet to come.
19. Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'
23. The appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
24. Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing or substance.

1. Facts, figures, details, quotations, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or an analysis of the text and that can be evaluated by others
3. Two words used together that contradict each other, as in icy fire or sweet sorrow.
4. To give special attention or importance to
5. A unit or group of lines in poetry that are separated by spaces.
7. Told from the perspective of one character in the story. Designated by the pronoun 'I'.
8. All the emotions or feelings a word arouses, such as negative feelings about 'pig.'
9. Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect. "My shoes are killing me!"
10. The ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character.
11. The part of a story or play that explains the background or makes conflict clear.
13. Repetition of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns.
14. The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
16. When something is different than it is supposed to be or thought to be. Different types include verbal, dramatic, and situational.
17. To examine for differences
20. The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work.
21. To look closely at each part to see how they fit together in order to make sense
22. To make an educated guess; reach a conclusion based on facts