10.R.1.1 Literary elements
Where and when story takes place.
What is the setting?
This rhetorical appeal focuses on credibility and trust.
What is ethos?
When the narrator uses “I” or “we.”
What is 1st person POV?
A text organized by time order is structured this way.
What is chronological?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The author's voice or attitude about what they write.
What is tone?
This appeal targets the audience’s emotions.
What is pathos?
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient?
A structure that shows similarities and differences between two ideas.
What is compare and contrast?
A direct comparison without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The way an author uses language to write a story.
What is style?
This appeal uses logic, facts, and reasoning.
What is logos?
When the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is third-person limited?
This structure presents a problem and then offers one or more solutions.
What is problem and solution?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
The central idea or lesson about life that the story conveys.
What is theme?
When a speaker acknowledges an opposing argument and then refutes it, this strategy is used.
What is a counterargument?
This refers to how a character’s background and experiences influence how they see events.
What is perspective?
This type of text structure develops a topic by listing characteristics, features, and examples to help the reader clearly visualize or understand it.
What is description?
An exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
This is the turning point of the story where the main conflict begins to change.
What is the climax?
This is a question that is not looking for a response.
What is a rhetorical question?
When the narrator’s view is biased, limited, or misleading, they are this type of narrator.
What is an unreliable narrator?
When a text analyzes multiple contributing factors that lead to one major outcome, or one event that leads to several consequences, this organizational pattern is being used.
What is cause and effect structure?
When an object represents a deeper meaning beyond its literal meaning.
What is symbolism?