E.O.F.
Literary Terms
Rhetorical Devices
Writer's Voice
Mood/Tone
LA Hodge Podge
100
the main character that drives the story forward.
protagonist
100
The sun smiled upon us. Is this example of figurative language?
Personification
100
Talk to the audience as if you and the audience are one.
identify with the audience
100
Language that immerses the reader in a sensory experience.
imagery / sensory details
100
The attitude of the author.
Tone
100
What is a thesis statement?
A sentence that states the main idea of a writing assignment and helps control the ideas within the paper.
200
The most intense moment of the story, its turning point.
Climax
200
the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. (opposite of exaggeration)
understatement
200
When you say something three times for an effect.
Rule of 3
200
The writer's choice of words
diction
200
What is the mood?
She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.
Curious
200
The author of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
300
The universal message of a story
Theme
300
When the plot jumps to an event that has happened in the past, it is called this.
Flash-Back
300
When advertisers use celebrities in commercials this is an appeal to ________.
ethos
300
sentence structure
SYNTAX
300
What is the tone?
"But I feel peaceful. Your success in the ring this morning was, to a small degree, my success. Your future is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now. These autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. Christmas will come, and the snows of winter. You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever.
Peace and acceptance
300
aAristotle taught that a speaker's ability to persuade an audience is based on how well the speaker appeals to that audience in three different areas.
ethos, logos, pathos
400
Characters, settings, and images that represent bigger ideas and add meaning to the story.
Symbolism
400
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity --particularly in politics
satire
400
Repetative sound patterns like coca-cola
Alliteration
400
meaning suggested by associations of the word via tone and feeling.
connotation
400
What is the tone?
The way I look at it, someone should start doing something about disease, but really, what's the big deal? People are dying. That's what we are going to eventually do anyway.
Careless and Insensitive
400
This has a more positive connotation: (vintage or decrepit)
vintage
500
This hints at something that will occur later in the story.
Foreshadowing
500
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Allusion
500
"I stand with you today to protest against bullying in schools"
Identifying with the Audience
500
when two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure.
Paralellism
500
What is the tone?
“She frantically searched the room for the killer, who she knew was hidden somewhere in the darkness. Moving blindly through the space, she wondered whether she would find him and stop him before it was too late and he moved on to his next victim.”
Tense, Suspenseful
500
Is this sentence correct? If not, punctuate using ; -- :
Go to the store to pick up the following items a gallon of milk, a box of crayons, and some flowers.
Go to the store to pick up the following items: a gallon of milk, a box of crayons, and some flowers.
600
When a character faces outside oppositional forces, such as another character or an act of nature.
external conflict
600
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.
rhetoric
600
Which rhetorical device?
metaphor
600
The difference between mood and tone.
Mood - The feeling the reader has while reading.
Tone - The attitude of the author
600
"The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys."
What is the mood?
600
the arrangement of groups of sentences, paragraphs, and ideas in a piece of writing.
Structure
700
The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems
omniscient
700
A short and interesting story taken from your past experience - or that of someone you know or have heard about. "I can remember when.."
Anecdote
700
Which rhetorical device?
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” JFK
Paralellism
700
This type of diction can be referred to as "slang." Ex: "Yo my bad"
Colloquial
700
We regret to inform you of the forthcoming foreclosure of your mortgage. Our previous attempts at communication were heretofore unacknowledged.
What is the tone?
Serious
700
The 4 S's in a conclusion
Signal
Summary
Significance
Speed