Literary Terms
Grammar Terms
Reading Terms
Literary Terms from Other Sets
More Literary and Writing Terms from Other Sets
100
Example: "Don't delay dawn’s disarming display. / Dusk demands daylight."
What is alliteration?
100
a group of words with a subject and a verb; can be "independent" and stand alone as a sentence, or "subordinate" or "dependent" and must be paired with an independent one to make a complete sentence.
What is a clause? (NOT a subordinate clause or independent clause--those come later!)
100
the arrangement of things IN SEQUENCE, one after another in time
What is chronological order?
100
These texts are not made up. Examples: The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights; Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl; and Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science.
What is nonfiction?
100
This is another word for story.
What is narrative?
200
Examples: Lex Luther, Tony D. and killer Kane , Professor Moriarty, the Joker, Voldemort
What is the antagonist?
200
the word to which a pronoun refers
What is the antecedent?
200
logically connected; consistent; writing that flows and makes sense
What is coherent /coherence?
200
an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source of information THAT WAS CREATED AT THE TIME BEING STUDIED. Examples: The Declaration of Independence; an interview of someone who lived through the Depression; an article from a California newspaper written during the Gold Rush.
What is a primary source?
200
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter; Examples: fiction; nonfiction; reference
What is genre?
300
the repetition of a vowel sound Example: "I must confEss that in my quEst I felt deprEssed and rEstlEss." —Thin Lizzy, "With Love"
What is assonance?
300
this sentence structure consists of two independent clauses Example: Jill jumped over the candlestick, and Jack fetched water.
What is a compound sentence?
300
This means to work together with others, helping each other think through a situation; to cooperate to arrive at a solution
What is collaboration?
300
This means to use someone else's ideas and not give that person credit for the idea.
What is plagiarize?
300
This is the sentence that tells the focus of an essay.
What is the Thesis Sentence?
400
Examples: A street light is like a star. Both provide light at night, both are in predictable locations, both are overhead, and both serve no function in the daytime. Or, “glove : hand :: paint : wall”
What is an analogy?
400
This sentence structure is one INDEPENDENT clause + one subordinate (dependent) clause. Example: While Jack fetched water, JILL JUMPED OVER THE CANDLESTICK. and JACK FETCHED WATER after he jumped over the candlestick.
What is a complex sentence?
400
Examples: owners' manuals; warranties; contracts; service agreements
What are consumer documents?
400
This is an exaggeration used by writers to emphasize the extreme.
What is hyperbole?
500
paragraphs : prose :: ___________ : poetry
What stanza?
500
This is a unit of letters attached to either the beginning of a root word to change the root's meaning, or at the end of a root word to change the part of speech of the root word. Example: UNcontrolABLE
What is an affix?
500
This means "trustworthy." It's root word is from Latin and means "to believe."
What is credible / credibility?
500
This is a series of events leading up to the climax of a story.
What is the rising action?
500
This is a genre written like a play or skit.
What is drama?
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