Story Elements
The time and location in which a story takes place
Setting
This is used to evoke pictures in the mind of the reader
Imagery
"My aunt’s house was like a museum filled with precious objects from the past."
Simile
Jonathan Edwards and his fiery preaching was part of this religious movement.
Puritanism
What type of poem is this and example of?
“The carpenter signing his as he measures his plank or beam, / The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, / The boatman signing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck”
Catalog
This is the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work and is often implied, not stated. Works (both prose and poetry) may have more than one of these and they are not one-word topics like "love" or "peace."
Theme
A figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
"Fizz, Pop, Buzz"
Onomatopoeia
Thomas Jefferson and other early American patriots, followed this, the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason rather than by relying on the authority of the past, religious faith, or intuition.
Rationalism
The reasons for a character's actions is known as their _____________
Motivation
When the narrator of a story focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character, the story (or section) is written in this point of view.
Third-Person-Limited Point of View
The repetition of hte same consonant sounds in words that are close together
Alliteration
“As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits...”
Metaphor
Stephen Crane is often associated with this literary movement, which began after the Civil War as a response to the reality of war.
Realism
___________ suggest a wider meaning but also functions as itself in a literary work. To understand these, the reader often has to make inferences based on evidence in the text, and some of these have a universal meaning.
Symbols
The overall feeling in a literary work is known as
Mood
This type of irony occurs when the reader is more knowledgeable than the characters.
Situational Irony
“I look around me, and lo! on every visage a Black Veil!”
Symbolism
Mark Twain, a well-known regionalist writer, wrote “There couldn’t be no solit’ry thing mentioned but that feller’d offer to bet on it… ” - this is an example of his use of the ____________
Vernacular
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme is called
Free Verse
The writer's choice of words will often reveal the writer's ______ in the work, or their attitude toward the subject matter or audience.
Tone
The repetition of phrases or sentences that have the same grammatical structure
Parallelism or Parallel Structure
“Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron string”
Aphorism
The _______________ in which a story is written can influence the attitudes expressed in a story, elements of the story's plot, and the author's choice of setting.
Historical Period/Setting
Which type of appeal is this quote an example of? “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
Emotional Appeal (Pathos)