Elements of Fiction
LA Terms
LA Skills
Rhetorical Devices
LA Hodge Podge
100
The reason why an author writes a text
Author's Purpose
100
Language that immerses the reader in a sensory experience.
imagery / sensory details
100
After looking at these examples, this one is the claim
Flossing your teeth once a day will prevent gum disease & cavities
100
Personification / Hyperbole
100
Aristotle taught that a speaker's ability to persuade an audience is based on how well the speaker appeals to an audience in these three different areas.
ethos, logos, pathos
200
The universal message of a story
Theme
200
This refers to an author’s choice of words
Diction
200
When trying to identify characterization look for "S-T-E-A-L" which stands for these 5 things.
S - Speech
T - Thoughts
E - Effects on others
A - Actions
L - Looks/Lessons
200
Which Rhetorical Device?
" where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved." --JFK
Rule of Three
200
The author or narrator's values, feelings, and beliefs which influence the way he/she looks at a topic.
Author's Perspective / Narrator's Perspective
300
The reason behind why a character acts or makes decisions in a story is this literary term.
Character Motivation
300
The attitude of the author.
Tone
300
Which line of the stanza of the poem demonstrates a shift in tone?
7 - Second plane to Iowa, sweet smell of hay, sky blue—
8 - bluer than your parents could have imagined.
9 - First day of school with name tags hung from shoestrings.
10 - you touched the curls of your kindergarten class mates
11- and drew yourself with the blond hair gene.
12 -Teacher wrote many notes home. For the whole month,
13 - Dad pushed you on the swings at recess.
14 - You had no one else to play with.
14 - You had no one else to play with.
300
Alliteration
300
Amic is derived from the word amicus in Latin, which means friend.
Using this information, if someone is described as amicable, this means...
friendly
400
There are many ways an author can develop theme. Name three ways.
Character
Plot / Conflict
Symbolism / Motifs
Figurative Language
- Historical Context
400
These are just 3 Elements of an Argument, but there are more.
Name 3 Elements of an Argument:
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Counter-Argument or Concessions
Rhetorical Devices
Rebuttal
400
“Fine, don't buy me dinner. I’ll starve to death.” is an appeal to this..."
pathos
400
A short-story where JFK envisions the country to, "explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce" is considered this rhetorical device.
Anecdote
400
Omniscient contains the Latin root word Omni meaning "all or universal." Therefore, the definition of omniscient narrator means this. (Point of View)
All Knowing
500
Characters, settings, and images that represent bigger ideas and add meaning to the story.
Symbolism
500
This is the difference between mood and tone.
Mood - The feeling the reader has while reading.
Tone - The attitude of the author
500
This is which part of the argument:
There are less headaches with electric cars, it's better for the environment, and more cost-effective.
Reasons to buy an electric car.
500
Which rhetorical device?
"not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -"
(not repetition)
Parallelism
500
This type of diction can be referred to as "slang." Ex: "Yo my bad"
Colloquial
600
This is the social, political, economic, and cultural environment that existed during a specific period in a story.
Historical / Cultural Context
600
when two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure.
Paralellism
600
Determine a universal theme statement for "By Any Other Name" and explain how the plot or characterization developed that theme.
Answers will vary
600
When JFK cites a Bible verse in his Inauguration, this is considered what type of rhetorical device?
Allusion
600
Determine the rhetorical device (when is a phrase is repeated over and over throughout a piece of writing)
"Let both sides, for the first time..."
"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science ..."
"Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth..."
"Let both sides..."
Anaphora
700
A repeated element that has symbolic meaning and helps develop a story's theme, mood, or other narrative elements. It is a French word meaning, "pattern"
One example of this could the proverbs repeated in "Book of the Dead"
Motifs
700
This fancy literary term means a word’s definition
Denotation
700
In what ways did the historical context develop the conflict and theme in “Book of the Dead?"
Multiple Answers
700
Determine the rhetorical device:
"the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace" --JFK
Antithesis
700
If you agree with the opposing side’s argument, it is called this fancy literary term
Concession