Setting, Theme, and Plot
Unlike a topic, a theme must be expressed in one of these, rather than just a single word.
What is a complete sentence?
This term describes the casual, conversational, or regional language used in a text, often mimicking real-life speech.
What is informal diction?
The most important point an author makes about a topic
What is the central idea?
This is the primary difference between mood and tone; one is the audience's feeling, the other is the author's....
What is Attitude?
A storytelling technique where events are portrayed out of chronological order, ignoring the traditional beginning-middle-end structure.
What is a Non-linear plot?
This type of diction is characterized by highly sophisticated, elevated, or complex language.
What is formal (or pedantic) diction?
To prove a character is "brave," you must find specific actions in the text where they face fear, rather than just saying they are a "good person." This process is known as...
What is citing specific evidence?
This term describes the emotional atmosphere or "vibe" that a piece of literature evokes in the reader.
What is Mood?
S.T.E.A.L is an acronym that authors use for...
What is indirect characterization
A universal message, lesson, or moral that is conveyed throughout a story.
What is a theme?
An author's specific way of writing, including their word choices, syntax, and tone, defines this literary element.
What is style?
Using text evidence and background knowledge to reach a conclusion not explicitly stated.
What is an inference?
Authors often use this, or descriptive language, to set the mood, such as "a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and damp, new-plowed earth".
This is also known as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
Location, Date / Time, Object(s), and Weather are all a part of....
What is the setting of a story?
The emotional, subjective, or cultural atmosphere surrounding a word, beyond its literal dictionary definition, is called this.
What is connotation?
This is the purpose of evidence in a literary analysis.
What is to support a claim or main idea?
In literature, this specific device acts as a "hint" of future events to build a tense or suspenseful mood.
Answer: What is Foreshadowing?
A group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. It is not a sentence.
What is a dependent clause.
This term describes a theme that recurs frequently in different stories globally.
What is a universal theme?
This is the literal, dictionary definition of a word, often contrasted with its implied emotional meaning.
What is denotation?
This is the process of combining information from different sources to understand the central idea.
What is synthesis?
True or False: Mood is created primarily through word choice and imagery.
What is True?
Narrative, Compare and Contrast, Descriptive, Definition and Cause and Effect are all ______________________.
Modes of writing