More Literary Elements
An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before current time of the story
What is flashback?
The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage; a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play
What is drama?
The conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work
What is dialogue?
attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea
What is testimonial?
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text
What is explicit?
The point of view that relates events as they are perceived by a single character
What is first-person point of view?
A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content
What is genre?
A speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.
What is monologue?
attempts to persuade the reader by showing how many people think something is true
What is bandwagon?
Distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items
What is differentitate?
used at the beginning of a work to provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances
What is exposition?
Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact.
What is fiction?
An author's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning and tone
What is diction?
an attack on a person instead of an issue
What is name calling?
Examine and judge carefully
What is evaluate?
an object or abstract idea given human qualities or form
What is personification?
text designed primarily to explain, argue, instruct or describe
What is nonfiction?
the fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that make it unique to the author
What is voice?
an attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument
What is red herring?
A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person
What is a generalization?
a recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.=
What is motif?
text that aims to present ideas and evoke an emotional experience in the reader
What is poetry?
A variety of a language distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary
What is dialect?
states a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument
What is circular reasoning?
Though unexpressed in the actual text, meaning that may be understood by the reader
What is implicit?