Words for Words
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
What is a theme?
The time and place the story unfolds.
What is the setting?
The story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view
What is an autobiography?
similar to a paragraph but in a poem
What is a stanza?
To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons
Information that reinforces the topic sentence or main idea of a paragraph
What is a supporting detail?
What is the tone?
A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena.
What is a myth?
a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond its literal meaning. (ex. A heart might represent love.)
What is symbolism?
An elaborate exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
To conclude using reasoning; an informed guess
What is an inference?
The environment you feel while reading a passage.
What is the mood?
The repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
words that are opposites
What is an antonym?
The part of a story (usually the beginning) which explains the background and setting of the story. The characters are often introduced.
What is the exposition?
To re-state in your own words, without quotations, but not adding your own analysis
What is paraphrasing?
The sequence of events in a story.
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
the use of words that represent sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
The ending or final outcome of a story
What is the resolution?
A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize
What is an allusion?
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is a conflict?
What a piece of writing is mainly about; a summary or gist statement.
A metaphor that is used throughout a text, in a lengthy manner. Think, the Rose that grew from Concrete.
What is an extended metaphor?
The reason an author writes the text--to persuade, inform, explain and entertain
What is author's purpose?