| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bias | A character's prejudice or tendency to favor certain viewpoints, revealed through their language and choices. |
| character motives | The reasons, desires, or intentions that drive a character's decisions and actions. |
| character perspective | A character's point of view, beliefs, values, and way of understanding the world as revealed through their thoughts, words, and actions. |
| textual details | Specific words, phrases, descriptions, dialogue, and actions within a text that provide evidence about characters, their perspectives, and motivations. |
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| line breaks | The division of a poem into individual lines, which affects how readers process and interpret the text's meaning and pacing. |
| stanza | A grouped arrangement of lines in a poem that functions as a unit and contributes to the poem's overall structure and meaning. |
| stanza breaks | The division of a poem into grouped lines (stanzas), which contributes to the organization and development of ideas. |
| structure | The arrangement and organization of elements in a text, including line and stanza breaks, that affects how readers interpret ideas and respond to the work. |
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| contrast | A juxtaposition of different elements in a text that highlights differences and creates emphasis or meaning. |
| dramatic situation | The combination of setting, action, and conflict that develops a narrative and places characters in opposition or struggle. |
| imagery | The use of vivid, descriptive language and sensory details to create mental images and evoke emotional responses in a reader. |
| juxtaposition | The placement of two contrasting elements side by side to highlight their differences and create emphasis. |
| narrator | The voice or character who tells the story and whose perspective shapes how events and subjects are presented to the reader. |
| point of view | The perspective from which a narrative is told, determined by the narrator's position, knowledge, and relationship to the events and characters in the story. |
| shift | A change or transition in a text's focus, tone, perspective, or other literary elements. |
| speaker | The voice presenting ideas or emotions in a text, particularly in poetry or non-narrative works, whose perspective influences the tone and content. |
| tone | The attitude or emotional quality conveyed by the speaker, narrator, or author toward the subject matter. |
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | The repetition of the same letter sound at the beginning of adjacent or nearby words to emphasize those words and their associations. |
| ambiguous referent | A referent that can refer to more than one antecedent, creating multiple possible interpretations in a text. |
| antecedent | A word, phrase, or clause that precedes and is referred to by another word, typically a pronoun, in a text. |
| referent | A word, phrase, or clause that is referred back to by another word, such as a pronoun or noun, in a text. |
| repetition | The deliberate reuse of words, phrases, or ideas to emphasize meaning and create coherence in writing. |