Vocabulary

forming a broad idea based on specific instances, inductive reasoning

describes something that is complicated, difficult, or consists of interrelated parts

the message, usually about life or society, than a author wishes to convey through a literary work

the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work

a synopsis of the events, characters, and ideas in a work of literature

a theme of a passage, story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life

to restate briefly

a play, written to be performed by actors

these are the people or animals who take part in a literary work

this is the wants, needs, or beliefs that cause a character to act or react in a particular way

the combination of ways that an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like

a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar

the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character