Unit 5: The Diary, The Journal, and Analyze Literature

22 words 73 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. diary
    a daily written record of experiences and observations
    A diary is a day-to-day record of a person’s activities, experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
  2. journal
    a daily written record of experiences and observations
    A journal, like a diary, is a similar day-to-day record.
  3. voice
    the distinctive quality or pitch of a person's speech
    Voice is the way a writer uses language to reflect his or her unique personality and attitude toward topic, form, and audience.
  4. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
    Tone is the emotional attitude implied by a literary work toward the reader or the subject.
  5. monologue
    a long utterance by one person
    In many respects, the diary or journal entry is a monologue, a long speech made by one person.
  6. dialogue
    a literary composition in the form of a conversation
    Even when the entry is written partly as dialogue, as in the Burney passage, the diarist uses the blank page as a captive audience.
  7. repetition
    the continued use of the same word or word pattern
    Repetition is a writer’s intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
  8. speaker
    the narrative voice of a poem (as distinct from the poet)
    The speaker is the character who speaks in, or narrates, a poem—the voice assumed by the writer.
  9. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
    A theme is a central message or perception about life that is revealed through a literary work.
  10. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
    A symbol is anything that stands for or represents both itself and something else.
  11. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
    A metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another.
  12. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
    Hyperbole is a type of figurative language that is a deliberate exaggeration made for effect.
  13. sonnet
    a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
    A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, that follows one of several rhyme schemes.
  14. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
    An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, event, object, or work from history or literature.
  15. motivation
    psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal
    A motivation is a force that moves a character to think, feel, or behave in a certain way.
  16. apostrophe
    an address to an absent or imaginary person
    Apostrophe is a method by which a speaker turns from the audience as a whole to address a single person or thing.
  17. satire
    a literary genre that uses humor to ridicule human failings and vices
    Satire is humorous writing or speech intended to point out errors, falsehoods, foibles, or failings.
  18. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
    Irony is a difference between appearance and reality.
  19. couplet
    a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
    A couplet is two lines of verse that rhyme. A pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines is also known as a heroic couplet.
  20. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
    Diction refers to the author’s choice of words.
  21. narrator
    someone who tells a story
    A narrator is a character or speaker who tells a story.
  22. description
    a statement that represents something in words
    A description is a picture in words.
Created on Tue Mar 09 09:47:45 EST 2021 (updated Fri Jun 18 09:47:08 EDT 2021)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.