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As writers, we should pay attention to
Analyzing Literature
Types
potpourri
100
Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair; Hover through the Fog and Filthy air-William Shakespeare MacBeth (Clue- notice the repetition of "F"'s)
What is alliteration?
100
This is a sentence that introduces the main idea of a piece of writing, like an essay.
What is a thesis statement or sentence
100
This is the "time" and "place" of the action of a story.
What is the setting?
100
This type of character is never flat, he changes as the story unfolds.
What is a round character?
100
This type of poem "Driving across town, a long stretch of silence, then, dad says, I love you." 17 syllables divided into three lines of 5,7,5
What is a Haiku?
200
- I'm so hungry, I could eat 400 native American feasts.
What is an hyperbole?
200
When we write about literature, sometimes we have to make one of these. It involves looking for clues and making a conclusion.
What is an inference?
200
This is a universal idea or message that is presented throughout a work of literature. It's the 'big idea' the author wants to leave you with. It's similar to a 'moral', but it's more complex.
What is theme?
200
THis type of noun is an idea or quality. It is not a concrete object.
What is an abstract noun?
200
The associated meaning a word that is more figurative than literal. 'Home' could be an example. ( not the literal dictionary meaning)
What is connotation?
300
This type of comparison (analogy): "Mr. Grinch, you're a bad banana with the greasy black peel!" (hint: no like or as)
What is a metaphor?
300
We should use these types of words or phrases to connect our ideas and allow our writing to flow and be organized.
What are transition words or phrases
300
An author uses lots of tools to create this which strives to create particular emotions in the reader; it's the atmosphere of a piece of writing.
What is mood?
300
This type of author writes plays.
What is a playwright?
300
The literal or dictionary definition of a word is this.
What is denotation?
400
This logo is an example.
What is parody?
400
When writing a good sentence we should be aware of the arrangement of words, which is called this.
What is syntax?
400
This occurs when a character has a particular moment of insight that changes their understanding of the world or themselves.
What is an epiphany?
400
THis type of language is everyday speech
What is colloquial language?
400
Writers use this type of vivid description to create pictures in the mind of the reader
What is imagery?
500
The setting is a graveyard at midnight. One character tells the other, " I have a bad feeling about this night".
What is foreshadowing?
500
When we write about the connections between more than one piece of writing, we are looking for this.
What is intertextuality?
500
When actions in a story have the opposite effect of what they should. The outcome is not what the reader expected. Example: a story in which a man sells his pocket watch to buy his wife fancy hair barrettes. In the end you learn that she sold her hair in order to buy him a watch chain.
What is irony?
500
This type of writing is smaller than a novel, but contains the same plot elements.
What is a short story
500
This includes all the tools a writer uses to create meaning that is not literal. It is an umbrella term for several different types of figures of speech.
What is figurative language?