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TERMS FOR UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE AND ART8th grade English
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ART VOCABULARYLet’s get artsy!
COLOR
Result of the reflection or absorption of light by a surface
Pigment that causes visual sensation
Not black or white
3 characteristics of color:
Hue (attribute of a color that gives it a general classification—yellow, green, etc.
Intensity (brightness of a color)
Value (lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color)
LINE
A break of space in color (or black and white)
SHADE AND SHADOWS
Dark value of a color made by adding black
SPACE
The area between, around, below, or contained within objects.
BRUSHSTROKE
The movement of an artist’s brush full of paint or ink on a surface
PERSPECTIVE
The system of viewing a 3D object that is viewed on a 2D surface.
BACKGROUND
The part of the picture that seems to be farthest from the viewer.
FOCAL POINT
The place in a work of art at which attention becomes focused because of an element emphasized in some way.
SUBJECT
The topic or idea represented in an artwork
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LITERARY VOCABULARYLet’s get literary!
THEME
A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
Literary Works include
Fiction
An imaginative story
Non-fiction
A true story
Biographies
An account of someone’s life, written by an outside source
Autobiographies
An account of someone’s life, written by the same person
Memoirs
A brief portion of someone’s life, written by the same person
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A way of speaking or writing in a non-literal way
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
Idiom
DENOTATION V. CONNOTATION
Denotation
The literal meaning (dictionary definition) of a word
Connotation
The emotional feeling of a word that might differ from the denotation of a word
SETTING
Time, place, and environment of a story.
MOOD V. TONE
Mood
The READER’S feelings (emotions) created by a literary work
Tone
The AUTHOR’S attitude (feelings) toward the subject, a character, or the audience.
Both mood and tone are created with diction (word choice).
IRONY
3 Types
Situational
When something happens in a story that is not just surprising, but is the exact opposite of what you expected to happen.
Verbal
When something is said but what is meant is the opposite. (sarcasm)
Dramatic
The reader or audience knows something the character/characters do not know
STYLE
The way in which a writer or speaker says what he/she says
HUMOR
Dialogue, action, or an event that is designed to be comical, witty, funny, or amusing.
PERSPECTIVE V. POINT OF VIEW
Perspective Point of View
The state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one, and the angle from which one views a situation.
The perspective from which a story is told.
1st person
2nd person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
