Unit 1
To go to the aid of; relieve
What is the word "succor"?
Inclined to be silent or quiet; not speaking much.
What is the word "taciturn"?
Made accustomed; adapted
What is the word "inured"?
Extremely thin and haggard, usually due to suffering or sickness.
What is the word "guant"?
Inflicting harm or damage slowly and subtly.
What is the word "insidious"?
The central message or universal truth that the author conveys through the characters and plot.
What is a theme?
The hero, the villain, the valiant knight, the damsel in distress, the temptress, etc.
What are character archetypes?
Using a narrative story, in the beginning, to set up the plot for the main story or stories.
What is a framing story?
Gathering explicitly stated evidence and other clues in the text to arrive at deeper implied meanings and intent.
What is making an infeence?
Interrupting the natural progression of events to provide additional or new information that will affect the current plot.
What is a flashforward and/or flashback?
The dictionary definition of a word; the emotional associations surrounding the word.
What are denotation and connotation?
A literary device in which words are used in a way that implies the opposite of their literal meaning; a situation that is the reverse of what might be expected.
What is irony?
Characterization, framing, tone, setting, plot, etc.
What are the elements of a narrative text?
Repeating certain words or phrases to call attention to a concept or idea. Authors use this to add a certain rhythm to their writing and to emphasize words the readers should pay attention to and remember.
What is anaphora?
A less significant storyline playing out next to the main story to support it and add different perspectives.
What is a subplot?
Layers of textual meaning are left ambiguous for the purpose of deeper reader engagement; reading between the lines.
What is understanding the implicit meaning?
The author's and the character's attitudes, values, or opinions that influence the representation of a topic in the text.
What is the author's perspective?
Having unclear or uncertain meaning, or having multiple interpretations; not having a single meaning.
What is ambiguity in the text?
using figurative language and strongly charged words to connect with the reader's five senses and generate a specific mood and feeling for the text.
What is using imagery to develop tone?
Including a character’s perspective about another character or a character’s response to a plot event; including lengthy descriptions of the characters themselves or their surroundings.
What is slowing down the pace of a story?
Using the word "strange" over the words "curious" and "bizarre" in the sentence: "He remained standing at the edge of the pit that the Thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance..."
What is the use of nuance in word choice?
To provide layers of meaning, to achieve better clarity and stronger emotion, to strengthen the tone in a piece, to communicate a lot in a few words, and to be persuasive.
What is the use of figurative language in a text?
a literary device or a literary genre that uses humor or irony to ridicule customs, institutions...; a literary device in which an author uses a harsher form of irony to express disapproval; a literary device in which words are used in a way that implies the opposite of their literal meaning; a literary device that creates emphasis by intentionally giving less significance to a situation than it really has.
What is the difference between satire, sarcasm, irony, and understatement?
Relating a complex topic to a simpler one through the use of familiar concepts and strong language to further the reader's understanding of the situation/idea.
What is the use of a metaphor?
Presenting different variations of the same work and changing the details/perspectives to create a new meaning for the original message.
What are artistic representations of literature?