Vocab 28
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Stage directions: instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics
Playwright: author of a play
Sensory details: imagery. Descriptions using sight, sound, smell, taste, touch.
Text features: the parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents,
index, etc.)
third person objective point of view: When the narrator only knows what the
characters do and say, not thoughts. It's like a "camera view" of the story.
Commonplace assertion: a common opinion
Free verse: a poem that does not rhyme or have a meter
Symbolism: when a physical thing stands for an idea
Irony: Basically, a twist between what is said and what is meant. OR an
interesting twist between expectations and reality.
Categorical claim: a claim using a stereotype
Stage directions: instructions for actors and
stage crew, usually set in italics
• Joe (Angrily): Bro, I’m so angry right now!
• Bob (Patiently): It’s going to be okay, bro.
• Joe (Starting to calm down. He walks across the
stage): Well… if you say so, bro.
• Bob (he hears a car roll up in the driveway): Bro!
We’ve got to go!
Playwright: author of a play
Sensory details: imagery. Descriptions using
sight, sound, smell, taste, touch.
Text features: the parts of a text that stand
out (diagram, table of contents, index, etc.)
third person objective point of view: When the narrator
only knows what the characters do and say, not
thoughts. It's like a "camera view" of the story.
Commonplace assertion: a common opinion
•It’s important
to keep our
rainforests
clean and
beautiful!
Free verse: a poem that does not rhyme or
have a meter
To YOU by Walt Whitman
STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to
me, why should you not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?
Symbolism: when a visible thing stands
for an idea or something bigger
Categorical claim: a claim using a stereotype
•All Texans carry guns.
Irony: Basically, a twist between what is said and what is meant. OR
an interesting twist between expectations and reality.