Literary Terms
Time and place of the action of the story
What is setting?
A conclusion that is reached based on evidence and the reader's background knowledge
What is inference?
The narrator is not one of the characters in the story but stands outside the story
What is third person?
Words or phrases that connect or move ideas from one topic to another (e.g., moreover, furthermore, in addition)
What are transition words?
Words that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
The emotion the author is trying to convey in the story
What is tone?
A conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
Method of characterization you are using if you have a character throw a plate to show they are mad
What is characters actions?
A sentence that summarizes the main idea or focus of a paragraph
What is topic sentence?
To compare two unlike things using like or as
What is simile?
The opposition between two characters or forces in the story
What is conflict?
To examine a text to see how a literary element (like setting, plot, character) helps create a deeper meaning
What is analyze?
The narrator is a character in the story who tells the story as he/she experiences or understands it
What is first person?
The central idea or focus of a text that can be supported with arguments and specific detail
What is claim?
a group of lines in a poem (they act like a paragraph in fiction)
What is stanza?
The underlying message or meaning of the story
What is theme?
To state in a concise way the main points of a text
What is summarize?
The main character that you sympathize with
What is protagonist?
The primary reason or purpose for the author writing or using a specific detail
What is author's intent?
a type of descriptive language that is used to create an image in the mind of the reader that goes beyond the literal meaning
What is figurative language?
a literary technique where there is a difference between the intended meaning and the literal meaning
What is irony?
Using exact, accurate language to convey meaning clearly
What is precise?
A word to describe a quality a character possesses
What is character trait?
An argument that opposes a writer's main argument or claim
What is counterclaim?
The narrator in a poem
What is speaker?