Academic/Content Vocabulary ELA 9th

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The device using character and/or story elements to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. When using this device an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. This figure of speech makes stories and characters multidimensional, so that they stand for something larger in meaning than what they literally stand for. This technique allows writers to put forward their moral and political point of views. A careful study of this type of writing can give us an insight into its writer’s mind as how he/she views the world and how he/she wishes the world to be.

Allusion

Symbol

Allegory

Analogy

A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. These can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of this reference.

Theme

Symbol

Allusion

Analogy

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. This technique is often used to create poignancy or humor.

Theme

Irony

Analogy

Symbol

This technique is anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Usually it is something concrete -- such as an object, action, character, or scene – that represents something more abstract.

Theme

Allegory

Symbol

Irony

The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually this is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, it may be directly state, especially in expository or argumentative writing.

Theme

Irony

Allegory

Symbol

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. These can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. They can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging.

Theme

Analogy

Allegory

Irony

The device using character and/or story elements to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. When using this device an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom.  This figure of speech makes stories and characters multidimensional, so that they stand for something larger in meaning than what they literally stand for. This technique allows writers to put forward their moral and political point of views. A careful study of this type of writing can give us an insight into its writer’s mind as how he/she views the world and how he/she wishes the world to be.

Allusion

Symbol

Allegory

Analogy

A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. These can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of this reference.

Theme

Symbol

Allusion

Analogy

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. This technique is often used to create poignancy or humor.

Theme

Irony

Analogy

Symbol

This technique is anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Usually it is something concrete -- such as an object, action, character, or scene – that represents something more abstract.

Theme

Allegory

Symbol

Irony

The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually this is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, it may be directly state, especially in expository or argumentative writing.

Theme

Irony

Allegory

Symbol

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. These can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. They can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging.

Theme

Analogy

Allegory

Irony