Fiction & Poetry
Name for where the story takes place
What is setting?
The reason author's write
What is author's purpose?
A relationship between events where one action makes another event or consequence happen
What is cause and effect?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words
What is alliteration?
a logical conclusion, deduction, or interpretation reached based on evidence, observations, and background knowledge rather than direct observation
What is an inference?
The King of Rhetoric
Who is Aristotle?
The lens through which a story or argument is told
What is perspective/ Point of View?
Figure of speech used to create emphasis by repeating a phrase multiple times
What is repetition?
The atmosphere or emotional "aura" of a work, specifically the feelings and emotions an author evokes in the reader
What is mood?
The Three Appeals used in Rhetoric
What is Ethos, Pathos, & Logos?
The process of restating someone else’s ideas in your own words and sentence structure while maintaining the original meaning
What is paraphrasing?
Figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things by stating one thing is the other
What is a metaphor?
A grouped set of lines within a poem, typically separated from others by a blank line or indentation
What is a stanza?
The 5 parts of an argumentative essay
What is Hook, Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal/Refutation, and Conclusion?
A short passage, segment, or snippet taken from a longer work, such as a book, article, film, or musical composition
What is an excerpt?
The artistic or literary technique of using literal objects, characters, colors, or actions to represent abstract ideas, emotions, or deeper meanings.
What is symbolism?
Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter
What is Free Verse?
A common rhetorical fallacy where misrepresenting or oversimplifying an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.
What is Straw Man?
A literary and theatrical technique where the audience or reader understands crucial information that the characters do not, creating suspense, tension, or humor
What is dramatic irony?
A brief, indirect reference in literature, speech, or art to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
What is Allusion?