R 1.1 Literary Elements
The feeling/emotions that a story gives a reader
What is Mood?
When the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own points of view.
Bonus 100 if you can name 3 pronouns the narrator will use in this POV
What is 1st person POV?
The narrator's outlook or view on events, characters, and the world. Typically influenced by the narrator's background, circumstances, and experiences.
What is perspective?
Identify the type of text structure in the following par graph:
Imagine you had to pay for something very important, but you already spent all your money. This could be a big problem. A budget can help you organize how you spend your money so you don’t run out of money. Budgeting your money can help you plan for big expenses in the future. For example, going on vacation can be very expensive. To solve the problem of an expensive trip, you can save a little money at a time until you have enough.
What is Problem & Solution text structure?
A short piece of text under a picture in a book or article that describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying
What are Captions?
The different methods speakers/writers use to to persuade people
What are Rhetorical Appeals?
An extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
Several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound
What is Alliteration?
The attitude the character/narrator/author takes toward a given subject
What is Tone?
Narrator is not part of the story, and is also all-knowing. They can dive into the actions, emotions, and thoughts of any character in the story.
What is 3rd person Omniscient?
When a person says/writes one thing but means another (sarcasm is an example)
What is Verbal Irony
Identify the text structure in the following paragraph:
This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as fast as I could and thought that I was going to be late for sure, but when I got there everyone was outside and there were firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I guess somebody pulled the fire alarm before class started. It worked out though, because nobody really noticed or minded that I was tardy.
What is Chronological Text Structure?
A definition, note of reference, explanation, or comment usually placed at the bottom of the page with a number indicating what word/phrase it belongs to.
What is a footnote?
A device used to persuade or subtly influence the audience. It's a question asked not for the answer, but for the effect. Oftentimes, it is used to emphasize a point or just to get the audience thinking
What is a Rhetorical Question?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is Personification?
Use of a word that imitates the sound associated with it
What is Onomatopoeia?
How an author creates a character, can be direct or indirect.
Bonus 100 points for defining direct
Bonus 100 points for defining indirect
What is characterization?
Narrator is not a character, but only has access to one character's perspective. Meaning they only report what that character sees, thinks, and feels.
What is 3rd Person Limited?
When what actually happens is the opposite of what was expected to happen
What is situational irony?
Identify the text structure in the following paragraph:
People spend money on both goods and services. A good is an actual item that you can buy like a toy or a car. A service, however, is not an actual thing. When you pay for a service, you are paying someone to do something. For example, mowing the lawn or dog walking are services. Sometimes a business can provide both goods and services. For example, a car shop might sell tires and also put them on your car. Businesses can sell both goods and services and consumers can buy both too.
What is Compare & Contrast Text Structure?
A list of terms in a specific subject and their definitions. Usually found in the back of textbooks to define words that come up in that textbook that are specific to that subject
What is a glossary?
The type of rhetorical appeal that appeals to the audiences' sense of reason or logic
What is Logos?
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
A common phrase which means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use
What is an Idiom?
The choice and use of words and phrases in writing
What is Diction?
The narrator is not a character in the story, and they simply describes what is happening to the characters in the story and do not show us anyone's thoughts or feelings
What is 3rd Person Objective?
When the audience/reader knows more than a character knows
What is dramatic irony?
Identify the text structure in the following paragraph:
Stores change what they sell and how much things cost based on what the consumer wants. This is called supply and demand. The supply is the product that can be purchased and the demand is how many people want the product. Since it is cold in the winter, the demand for swimsuits is low. This means that swimsuits will be cheaper in the winter. In the summer, however, a lot of people need swimsuits. This high demand causes swimsuits to cost full price. On a really hot day, ice cream will cost full price because lots of people want a cool treat. An ice cream store might have a sale on a cold day because the demand for ice cream will be lower
What is Cause and Effect Text Structure?
A note of explanation or comment added to a text. Such as highlighting important phrases, writing in definitions to new words, or writing the main idea of each paragraph in the margins
What are Annotations?
The type of rhetorical appeal that appeals to emotion, means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel. Authors make deliberate word choices, use meaningful language, and use examples and stories that evoke emotion.
What is Pathos?
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
A literary device that uses euphemistic understatement to downplay or undermine a person, event, object, or movement
What is Meiosis?
The ideas & feelings that a word invokes
What is connotation?
the reader is part of the story. The narrator describes the reader's actions, thoughts, and background using "you." This point of view is used to address the audience in technical writing, advertising, songs and speeches.
What is 2nd person POV?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices,
What is Satire?
Identify the type of text structure in the following paragraph:
Money has changed over time. First, people used to trade or barter when they wanted something. Then, people began using items to act like currency. For example, the ancient Mayans used to use chocolate as money. Next, people created coins to be used as money. This made currency more standard, but it weighed a lot! Later, paper money was used. Today, many people pay for things with a credit card or banking apps. How do you think money will change in the future?
What is Sequence text structure?
A section located at the back of a book that includes any additional or supplementary information on the book's topic
What is an Appendix?
The types of rhetorical appeal that appeals to the audience by emphasizing the speaker's credibility and authority
What is Ethos?
When a writing makes a passing reference to another story or historical event
What is an Allusion?
“a contrast or opposite.” For example, when something or someone is the opposite of another thing or person. As a rhetorical device, it pairs exact opposite or contrasting ideas in a parallel grammatical structure
What is Antithesis?