Definitions

Hook- literary device that is used at the beggining of a writing to catch the reader´s attention.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

        

          -Opening line from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Induction- an induction is a conclusion that results from the reasoning of the reader, based on given information found on a writing.

“I have 3 brothers. Two of them are 18 years old, and my other brother is 16 years old. I am 13 years old.”

Induction: I am the youngest of the family.

Denotation- it refers to the use of the literal meaning of a word.

“And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.”

-Paragraph from Mending Wall by Robert Frost

The word “wall” expresses its literal meaning, which is a physical barrier.

Dynamic Character- is a character that developes throughout a story, changing its inicial position.

“Sydney Carton, is an example of a dynamic character found in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Throughout the story, Sydney confronts various events that help him change his life.”

Discourse- refers to any written or spoken communication.

This includes argument, narration, description and exposition discourse. All of them are used to transmit a thought.

“My cat ate the fish I bought last week.”

This is an example of a narration discourse.

Epic- Literary genre that belongs to narrative poetry.

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.'” “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe