Author's Purpose
Figurative Lanugage
Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
Anything
100

includes steps in a process and directions

Instructional

100
Extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
100
Series of events in the story. Includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
What is Plot?
100
The author's attitude toward the subject which he is writing about.
What is Tone?
100
The author's message to the reader about life.
What is theme?
200

uses humor, narration, tells a story, etc

Entertainment/Narrative 

200
Crack, Pop, Bang, Clump are all examples of
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
The struggle between two opposing forces. May be internal or external.
What is conflict?
200
The feeling the reader gets from the selection.
What is mood?
200
To show the similarities between two things.
What is comparing?
300

includes mainly facts and information.

Informational 

300
Example: The sun is a glimpse of heaven.
What is a metaphor?
300
This includes all the methods by which an author creates a character: descriptions, conversations, what others say about him, how he acts, how people treat him, etc.
What is characterization?
300
A twist in the story. Unexpected ending.
What is situational irony? or What is irony?
300
When an author hints about things that will happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400

tries to get the reader to believe, think, feel, or do something.

Persuasive 

400
Example - The wind gently kissed her neck.
What is personification?
400
Conversation
What is dialogue?
400
The WAY in which a character speaks. Speach patterns, sound, accent, etc.
What is dialect?
400
When an author makes a reference to a well know person, place, book, movie, etc. For example....Here come Curly, Larry, and Moe.
What is allusion?
500

uses details and description.

Descriptive 

500
A comparison using like or as. Example: You are as smart as a whip.
What is a simile?
500

A character who is considered the "bad guy" of the story. 

What is an antagonist? 

500
The "good guy" in the story. The character the reader is siding with or cheering for.
What is the protagonist?
500
The perspective from which the story is told. It may be first, second, third, or third-person omniscent.
What is point of view?
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