Interpreting Literature
Literary Elements
Literary Devices
Literature Terms
Persuasive strategies
100

the author's message to the reader

What is theme?

100

the events that make up a story  (They set the structure of the story.)

What are plot elements?

100

an extreme exaggeration

What is hyperbole?

100

the author's reason or intent for writing

What is author's purpose?

100

What do we call the rhetorical appeal that appeals to logic and reason?

What is logos?

200

the author's attitude toward his subject

What is tone?

200

the perspective from which a story or narrative is told

What is point of view?

200

two literary devices that both make a comparison

What are similes and metaphors?

200

two types of methods an author uses to reveal character traits and personalities

What is direct and indirect characterization?

200

Capitol One including Taylor Swift in their commericals is an example of what persuasive technique?

What is testimonial?

300

three types of irony

What are verbal

situational

dramatic?

300

the introduction of a character or event that starts the action of a story

What is the inciting incident?

300

a reference in literature to a person, place, or idea that has cultural significance

What is an allusion?

300

text that is usually factual; purpose is to explain, inform, argue, describe (rather than entertain) 

What is nonfiction?

300

Everyone recieved airpods for Christmas, so I should get one too.  This quote is an example of what persuasive technique?

What is the bandwagon?

400

the feeling the reader is supposed to feel based on the author's diction

What is mood?

400

two types of conflict

What are external and internal conflict?

400

the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or phrase

What is alliteration?

400

a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often used to support or demonstrate some point

What is an anecdote?

400

The sad animal shelter commericals appeal to what rhetorical appeal?

What is pathos?

500

the author's way of writing that is unique to him or her

What is author's style?

500

Name all six plot elements in order.

What are exposition

inciting incident

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution?


500

A literary device used by writers to hint at what is to come

What is foreshadowing?

500

text that includes literary elements and devices usually associated with fiction to report on actual person, places, or events

What is literary nonfiction?

500

Using statisics and graphs in your commercial would be an appeal to what:

What is logos?

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