Literary element definitions
Author’s purpose of words and or phrases.
What is diction?
Can establish that two things are equal by comparing them to one another, can also create a vivid image in one's mind and express emotion.
What is a simile?
To utilize repeating patterns that bring rhythm or musicality and a pattern to help the reader memorize and soak in what they are presenting."
What is rhyme?
The amount of points needed to have your essay considered as passing
What are three points?
The main element of complexity.
What are contrasting qualities? For example being both mean and nice?
Facts included or omitted to create effects or evoke responses
What are details?
Adds depth to a story by tying a connection between objects and adds meaning to something simple, contributing to the development of the story.
What is a symbol?
To focus the attention more on certain things focusing on reading or writing.
What is emphasizing?
You must respond to the prompt with a thorough and defensible interpretation of the literary work.
What is a thesis; 1 point?
Details that aid the reader in finding the complexity of a character.
What are the characters textual details?
Ironic minimalizing of fact: understatement presents something as less significant than it is
What is an understatement
This can connect a reader to the story by showing the authors values and simplifying complex ideas.
What is an allusion?
To separate or analyze a whole.
What is itemizing?
You must identify complexities within the text while accounting for alternative interpretations while also being vivid and persuasive.
What is sophistication; 1 point?
Being rather insecure as nobody loved her and wanting male validation but rejects it as soon as it came to her as she felt that she was being ridiculed.
What is Helena’s complexity she faced in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”?
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
What is Onomatopoeia?
An object that brings supernatural elements to a story and draws the reader's attention to the possible superstitious nature of the characters. It can show the value of an object/person that was once lost by the speaker/ character.
What is an apostrophe?
The process of breaking a complex topic into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it.
what is analyze?
In this process, you only include a few instances of specific evidence that may be deemed as relevant. However, there may be no line of reasoning.
What is evidence and commentary; 2 points?
This person possesses a great deal of power but chooses not to use it for malicious purposes as her husband does. This is ironic because power usually corrupts people and causes them to take evil/self serving actions, but this character defies that norm. Even after her husband’s betrayal, she stays true to herself and remains kindhearted as she was prior to the events of the story that do not work out in her favor.
What is Titania’s complexity in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”?
Writes giving readers the choice to use their imagination to explore meanings.
What is Ambiguity?
This element adds symbolism and applies a shorthand way of talking about common events, this keeps the author’s ideas
What is synecdoche?
Creating a broad statement or idea.
What is making a generalization?
Provides specific evidence to support all claims in a line of reasoning. You explain how the evidence supports this line of reasoning and how at least one literary element/technique contributes to its meaning.
What is evidence and commentary; 3 points?
She attempts to find herself in her community while going through puberty.
What was the complexity Esperanza faced in “The House on Mango Street”?