Figurative Language
What is a comparison of two things using like or as?
Simile
What is one of the components of authors style?
Diction, Syntax, Grammar, or use of Figurative Language
What is an abstract message about the topic or concept of the literary piece?
Theme
What is rhetoric used for?
To persuade a reader to act a certain way or believe a certain thing
These devices help take a poem from the literal meaning to a deeper figurative meaning
Poetic Devices
Name the figurative language:
My mom has a heart of gold
Metaphor
Refers to the specific words an author chooses to convey ideas or tell a story
Diction
What is it called when a theme applies to anyone and everyone
Universal Theme
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the authors attitude while mood is the feeling a reader gets while reading a piece of literature
Figure of speech when an author makes a reference to a famous story, person, object or event
Allusion
What is it called: how the author arranges his or her chosen words into grammatically correct phrases, clauses, and sentences
Syntax
What is it called when something concrete represents something abstract?
Symbolism
What is ethos?
Speakers ethics are emphasized
What are the three types of ambiguity found in a poem?
Syntax, Semantic, and Narrative
Name the figurative language
I am so hungry I could eat all the food in the house
Hyperbole
What is it called: how words are built, the speech sounds, how to pronounce words, and the meaning of the words?
Grammar
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
Main idea is what the text is mainly about while theme is the message about the topic
What is it called when a author provides contradiction between what appears to be and the reality of what it is?
Irony
What is a word, statement, or situation that has more than one meaning, sometimes resulting in confusion?
Ambiguity
Name the Figurative Language
Break a leg
Idiom
Give an example of an authors style
Formal / Informal, Conversational or direct, eloquent or cold, etc.
What is a recurring element such as image, word, or phrase that has symbolic importance?
Motif
What is the device that authors use in a parallel sentence structure where two contrasting ideas are next to each other?
Antithesis
What is the way a sentence is structured to make a situation unclear or misunderstood
Syntax Ambiguity