Literary Terminology
Passage Strategy
The commentary wheel
100
"An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text) with which the reader is expected to be familiar. They are usually literary, historical, Biblical, or mythological."
What literary term is being defined?
Allusion
100
What is one way to approach a literary analysis?
Color marking and/or SCASI
100
What is one effect of the use of a literary device?
Tone
Theme
Central Purpose
Meaning
200
"A character whose traits are the opposite of another and who thus points up the strengths and weaknesses of the other character."
What literary term is being defined?
Foil
200
What does each letter of SCASI mean?
Setting
Characters
Action
Style
Ideas
200
What are at least two parts of the setting? Ex. Era
Time
Place
Situation
Era
300
What are three areas that need to be explored when dealing with style?
Diction, sentence structure (syntax), and figurative language
300
What is at least one question to ask yourself while analyzing the action?
What happens?
How does the action in this scene fit in with the play / novel as a whole?
What new information do we learn here?
How does this affect our understanding?
300
What are at least 4 things on the commentary wheel?
Speaker/Audience, Occasion, Setting, Structure, Form, Diction, Imagery, Metaphors, Symbol/Allegory, Irony/Paradox, Allusion, and Sound.
400
What is media res in literature?
media res means "in the midst of things" and is usually when the opening of the plot is in the middle of action. Details about the context are usually conveyed through flashback.
400
To analyze a theme, what are at least three different societal issues?
Class
Race
Gender
Marriage
Equality
Love
400
What is the outer sphere of the commentary wheel?
Realm of Observation
(what you notice, describing what you see)