Literary Terms
When two unalike things are compared.
What is metaphor
the perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
Writing that must be interpreted through critical thinking and inference and cannot be taken literally
Figurative Language
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work
mood
Associations with words that go beyond the dictionary definition.
Connotation
Readers can learn a lot about a ______________ using the S.T.E.A.L. method.
Character
To find ___________________, ask yourself these 2 questions:
1. What is the topic?
2. What does the author want me to know about the topic?
What is central idea?
A regional variety of language that distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
What is dialect?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Allusion
Facts only; BME
What is a objective summary?
The use of words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
Simile
to make something clear or easier to understand
What is clarify?
Tension or problem between opposing forces
What is conflict?
an essay based on facts with an arguable claim
What is an argumentative essay?
a feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning
What is connotation?
The only way to succeed is to fail. This is an example of a ____________.
What is paradox?
A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
Personification
A formal division of lines in a poem considered as a unit
What is a stanza?
to communicate ideas or feelings indirectly
What is convey?
When a character feels guilt, it is this type of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
Mrs. E and Mrs. B will be sitting on your shoulder during the EOC asking ____________________.
What or where is the evidence?
devices, techniques and components that authors use in literature to create a certain effect or to relay information
What are literary elements?
A direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme?
a quality in an author's voice which shows what they are feeling or thinking
What is tone?
to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly
What is imply?
A conflict that is outside a character's body......might involve nature, society, or another character.
What is external conflict?
Descriptive writing that is rich in details connected to the five senses
What is imagery?
the meaning found by looking a word up in a dictionary
What is denotation?
the reason the author has for writing
What is author's purpose?
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
a story that is meant to engage the reader
What is anecdote?
BK + text clues = ___________________________
What is infer/inference?