TCAP Term Review

4. end of the piece of writing.
10. also called the turning point, is the highest point of the action of the plot.
12. something that represents something else.
14. the lesson learned in the text.
15. vantage point from which a story is told.
17. use of words that imitate sound.
19. appeal to authority
20. the sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next.
21. time and place of the action.
23. appeal to emotion
24. the attitude toward a topic an author reveals in a piece of nonfiction writing.
26. a technique of writing with images.
27. most important point in a text.
28. the writer states and supports a claim based on factual evidence and logical reasoning.
32. a writer's word choice and the way the writer puts words together.
33. the introduction of characters and setting in the plot of a story or drama.
35. opposing views to the main claim of an argument.
37. repetition of the beginning sound of a word.
39. uses an exaggerated statement.
40. appealing to the five senses.
41. a nonhuman object is given human characteristics.
42. is fully developed and exhibits many traits.
43. uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison.
44. a guess based on clues.
45. positive or negative word.

1. introduces the central conflict.
2. created when words are used to suggest the opposite of their meaning.
3. a short, clear description of the main ideas.
5. the story of the writer's own life told by the writer.
6. the audience is aware of something that the character or speaker is not aware of.
7. one-sided and often stereotypical.
8. the end of the central conflict.
9. the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.
11. something is described as though it were something else.
12. occurs when something happens that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or audience.
13. one who does not change.
16. appeal to logic.
18. the main reason an author writes.
22. individual qualities that make each character unique.
25. a struggle between opposing forces.
27. a feeling created in a reader by a piece of writing.
29. written speech that is not meant to be taken literally.
30. one who changes or grows during the course of the work.
31. a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person.
34. dictionary definition of a word.
36. a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.
38. use of the same word or phrase more than one time in a text.