Literary Elements 1
Literary Elements 2
Literary Elements 3
Writing
Author's Argument/Appeals
100
The people in a play, narrative, or biography.
Who are characters?
100
A technique that creates sounds in the reader's mind. The poet may use words like sizzle, zip, and boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
100

the way the author makes the reader feel

What is mood?
100
Strategy for answering constructed response questions
What is RACE?
100
Your position or viewpoint on an issue.
What is claim?
200
Water represents life, rose represents love, fire represents power, the American flag represents the USA.
What is a symbol?
200
A form of repetition where the poet repeats the first letter of a word for effect.
What is alliteration?
200

a reference to a statement, person, place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science

What is allusion?
200

This type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.

What is compare and contrast?
200

This is what the opposing side is arguing about the issue.

What is the counterclaim?
300

revealing the personality of a character by words of a character, description of the character's thoughts and feelings

What is indirect characterization?
300
Language that goes beyond the dictionary meaning of words. It is imaginative and suggestive rather than literal.
What is figurative language?
300
the author's attitude toward his subject
What is tone?
300
the reason or intent for writing
What is author's purpose?
300
When an ad appeals to a person's feelings. Ex. "Buy life insurance - for the people who matter in your life."
What is an appeal to emotion or an emotional argument?
400
A central idea, message, or insight of a literary work.
What is a theme?
400
An exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
400

when the writer tells the reader exactly what a character is like

What is direct characterization?
400
This type of writing contains mostly facts.
What is informative?
400
Your response to the counterclaim.
What is a rebuttal?
500

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

What is foreshadowing?
500
Rather, let us say, his whole body was a grimace.
What is metaphor?
500

the author's word choice


What is diction?
500

This structure presents the causal relationship between an specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow.

What is cause and effect?
500
He chose the X-box because it came with a 5 year warranty and 3 free games.
What is an appeal to logic or a logical argument?
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