Literary Elements
The feelings evoked by a text
What is Mood?
the author's main point or central idea
What is Thesis?
writing that employs dark imagery to evoke an atmosphere of mystery, fear, and dread
What is Gothic Literature?
the way characters in a story are portrayed or described
What is Characterization?
a brief, but complete, overview of a text
What is Summary?
The attitude an author or narrator takes toward the subject of a work
What is Tone?
a closing section that restates the thesis and summarizes key ideas
Conclusion
Writing that combines a realistic narrative with surreal elements of dream or fantasy
What is Magical Realism?
a person or voice who recounts the events of a story, often from a 1st or 3rd point-of-view
Narrator
the words spoken out-loud between characters in a piece of writing
What is Dialogue?
An author's choice of words; vocabulary style
Diction
details a writer presents to explain and develop their thesis
What is Supporting Evidence?
a collection of lines in a poem, separated by line spaces
What is Stanza?
the idea or feeling associated with a word
What is Connotation?
to restate a text in your own words in a way which maintains the author's intended meaning
Paraphrase
an idea that is presented and explored in a work of art or literature
What is Theme?
an assertion of the truth of something
The imaginary voice which 'tells' the poem; not the poet themselves
What is Speaker?
the basic meaning of a word; definition found in a dictionary
What is Denotation?
using clues in the text to guess at events that might happen later
What is Predicting?
structure and arrangement of sentences
What is Syntax?
to come to a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning, rather than from explicit statements
What is Infer?
Details in a text (often poetry) which appeal to the reader's senses
What is Imagery?
the mental or emotional impression produced by a work of art
What is Effect?
an outline of the plot of a narrative which does not give away the ending
What is Synopsis?