LIT TERMS
IRONY
SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE STORY YOU DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE HAPPEN!!!
This can allow a reader to infer mood and tone. This also includes denotative and connotative meaning of words. It is also called diction.
word choice
The series of events in a story are called the
plot
WHY ARE YOU YELLING? DONT YOU KNOW IT'S YOUR BED TIME? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? IS AN EXAMPLE OF?
RHETORICAL QUESTION
WRITE DOWN ANY WORD THAT YOU COULD USE ON THE STATE TEST TO REPLACE...RHETORIC
idea
words
thoughts
English
more options!
ALLITERATION
repetition of the first letter in a series of words
SALLY SOLD SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE
When two or more characters are engaged in conversation in a text, it is called...
dialogue
WRITING ABOUT OBJECTS, ACTIONS, AND IDEAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT APPEALS TO OUR FIVE PHYSICAL SENSES.
IMAGERY
Can allow a reader to infer mood and tone. This also includes denotative and connotative meaning of words.
a. characterization c. plot elements
b. word choice d. dialogue
b. word choice
HOW LONG WILL YOU BE WORKING ON THE STATE TEST (MINIMUM)
WHAT IS AN ALLUSION?
REFERENCE TO ANOTHER TEXT (TYPICALLY THE BIBLE)
The _____ in a piece of writing refers to what the text is mainly about.
central idea
THE PRESENTATION OF A THING WITH UNDEREMPHASIS ESPECIALLY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A GREATER EFFECT, UNDERSTATEMENT.
MEIOSIS
IF YOU A WHOLE CLASS PASSES THE STATE TEST WHAT DO YOU GET???
PIZZA PARTY!!
Logical conclusions based on textual evidence are called
Inferences
WHAT IS A HYPERBOLE?
OVER EXAGGERATION
WRITE DOWN TWO OUT OF THREE WORDS THAT WOULD MATCH WITH FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW.
I
ME
MY
WRITE DOWN AN EXAMPLE OF ONOMATOPOEIA
BUZZ
BOOM
HISS
MULTIPLE OPTIONS
Clues that a narrator is using 3rd person point of view would be the words:
a. I,me, or my c. you, your, you're
b. he, she,they d. than , then
b. he, she,they
THIS IS WHAT THE STORY IS MAINLY ABOUT.
central idea, main idea
WHAT IS AN IDIOM?
RAINING CATS AND DOGS
IDIOTIC PHRASE PUT TOGETHER MEANS SOMETHING ON ITS OWN
WHAT IS TONE?
HOW THE READER FEELS
HOW THE AUTHOR EXPRESSES
what is PERSONIFICATION?
NON HUMAN OBJECTS BECOMING HUMAN...
THE DESK YELLED LOUDLY
When the author asks a question without expecting an answer.
a. elaboration c. author's style
b. rhetorical question d. moral
b. rhetorical question
What two skills must you use on the state test to help you crush it??
Elimination process
Marking up the text