Literary Terms
Literary Terms II
Text Structures
Miscellaneous
Summary/Critique Stuff
100
The type of book; for example: science fiction, non-fiction, adventure, etc.
What is genre?
100
The main character in the story; this is usually the hero.
What is the protangonist?
100
Text structure where a difficulty is explained and a solution is suggested.
What is problem/solution?
100
Readers must decide what the moral of the story is on their own.
What is an implied theme?
100
Language that focuess on CLEARLY explaining things by following all grammatical and structural rules.
What is formal language?
200
Not many details are provided about this character.
What is a flat character?
200
The character experiences a major change in his/her personality, behavior, beliefs, etc. from the beginning of the story to the end.
What is a dynamic character?
200
Text structure where similarities and differences of things are explored.
What is compare/contrast?
200
The cultural vocabulary of a group of people.
What is lexicon?
200
Written to ONLY explain the events in a story; NO opinions are included.
What is a summary?
300
The moral of the story is one that applies to people all over the world.
What is theme?
300
The narrator (or author) is an observer but is able to know and explain the internal thought sand feelings of one or more characters.
What is omniscient point of view?
300
Text Structure where one event brings about another.
What is cause/effect?
300
The first paragraph of a five-paragraph essay that introduces the reader to the various topics to be discussed.
What is an introduction?
300
Written to shhare what you thought of a book; while it may include facts, it focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the book.
What is a critique?
400
The people you are speaking to or writing for.
What is an audience?
400
The person or persons that opposes the hero in a stoyr/ this is usually the villian.
What is the antagonist?
400
Text structure where events are told in the order in which they occurred.
What is chronological order?
400
These are used to help the flow of a paper. Some examples are: for example, on the other hand, in conclusion, in addition.
What are transition words?
400
Language that may use slang, dialect or idioms; it is too casual and loose for academic writing.
What is informal language?
500
The author provides a lot of details about the character so you can easily imagine what he/she looks like, acts like, speaks, etc.
What is a round character?
500
A character stays the same throughout the story and does not change.
What is a static character?
500
The type of organization a writer uses to build his/her paragraphs and stories.
What is main idea?
500
Each reason in the body paragraphs need this many reasons.
What is three (3)?
500
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
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