Unit 1 Vocabulary

2. the literal/dictionary meaning of a word.
3. Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
9. The essential techniques used in literature. (E.g., setting, plot, theme, etc.)
11. all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word means to the reader/listener.

1. A struggle within yourself.
4. a struggle between a character and an outside force.
5. The central message of a text that applies outside of the story itself.
6. the real personality of the writer or speaker that is revealed through word choice.
7. A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed though diction.
8. A writer‘s choice of words.
10. Description that appeals to the senses (sight sound, smell, touch and taste).