Reading Prose and Poetry
A _____________ is an idea that applies to anyone, anywhere, regardless of cultural differences.
Universal Theme
Examples include: description, problem/solution, chronological, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and sequence.
Text Structure
The atmosphere of a piece of writing or the emotions a piece of writing evokes in a reader.
Mood
Language that communicates a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning.
Connotation/ Connotative Meaning
One model for analyzing _____ _____ _____ focuses on:
The literal level
The mood
The tone
The author's purpose
Layers of meaning
In a literary text, these are:
setting, plot, characterization, conflict, point of view, theme, and tone.
Key elements
The most important or central thoughts unifying elements of a text.
Central Idea
Rhetorical Appeals
The meaning of a word or phrase, usually defined by a dictionary.
Denotation
The way in which a writer uses techniques to make their writing more effective.
Style
These literary texts are based around when a person reaches adult status or when someone matures.
Coming of age
Examples can include: persuade, inform, and entertain among others
Author's Purpose
A device that writers use to make their arguments appeal to readers.
Rhetorical Devices
A hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description.
Context Clue
A statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer.
Rhetorical Question
When two or more characters or narrators have differing attitudes toward something.
Conflicting perspectives
This refers to the truthfulness of a reason used to support a claim.
Validity
Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level.
Figurative Language
Affix
The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.
Irony
A word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways.
Ambiguity
a series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view
Argument
The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people.
Rhetoric
The most basic part of a word that gives a word its meaning.
Root Word
wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly
Satire