Rgomez

 "This year I learned the following terms and I applied them as I read some pretty great stuff: - Allusion: when the author tells or makes a reference to something he/she thinks its important for the reader to know. - Plot: the most important phase within a story. When the main character(s) is trying to solve a problem. - Theme: the main topic of a text. For example, the theme of Richard Cory poem is: "Money doesn't mean happiness". - Diction: the words the author chooses to use in the text. - Syntax: the way the author arranges words within the text. - Indirect characterization: when the author tells the reader about a character attitude or physical appearance through clues. Instead of a detailed description. - Direct characterization: when the author gives a  detailed description of a characters appearance or/and attitude. - Static characters: when a character stays the same. In other words, the character does not change throughout the story. - Dynamic ch...