Literary Definitions
Greek and Latin
Identify the term
Author's purpose
100

The time and place of a story

What is setting?

100

--a

What is plural?

100

The girl did not see the killer, but we saw him

What is dramatic irony?

100

a "knock knock" joke

What is to entertain?

200

The mean message, lesson the writer is trying to teach us.

What is theme?

200

This stem means "all"

what is omni?

200

The boy walked nervously and slowly in the dark and gloomy hallway,

What is mood?

200

A cook book.

What is to inform?

300

When I say something but mean the opposite

What is verbal irony?

300

This stem means sun and alone

what is sol?

300

a 13 year old boy cleaning his room and saying : I just loovve to clean"

What is verbal irony?

300

An election campaign speech describing why people should vote for a person.

What is persuade?

400

The words the writer uses in his text.

What is diction?

400

This means "one who"

What is "ist"?

400

The house smelled like chocolate when the boy walked in. He reached the conclusion his mom was baking.

What are inferences?

400

A Do It Yourself (DIY) manual

What is inform?

500

This details help proof a claim is correct

What is evidence?

500

This means year

What is ann?

500
The movie Shrek makes fun of traditional fairy tales in order to criticize them.

What is Satire?

500

A poem about the moon and the sky

What is entertain?

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