Literary Terms
This word means a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
This literary device is a contradiction between expectation and reality, often revealing deeper meaning.
What is irony?
This term refers to the turning point of a story where the main conflict begins to resolve.
What is climax?
Which sentence is correct?
A. Napoleon, the leader of the farm gave orders to the dogs.
B. Napoleon the leader of the farm, gave orders to the dogs.
C. Napoleon, the leader of the farm, gave orders to the dogs.
D. Napoleon the leader of the farm gave, orders to the dogs.
C
What is a sentence fragment?
An incomplete sentence.
This word means the central message or lesson of a text.
What is theme?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own thoughts or feelings.
What is internal conflict?
This literary device uses extreme exaggeration to show strong emotion or create humor.
What is hyperbole?
Which sentence is correctly written as a compound sentence?
A. The animals worked hard they were tired.
B. The animals worked hard, so they were tired.
C. The animals worked hard so, they were tired.
b
What is another word for subordinating conjunction?
dependent clause
This word means the meaning of a word based on how it is used in a sentence.
What is context?
This term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
This type of conflict occurs between a character and an outside force like nature or another character.
What is external conflict?
Which sentence is correct?
A. The group of animals are planning a meeting.
B. The group of animals is planning a meeting.
b
What is a dependent clause?
It is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought.
This word means a short retelling of the most important events.
What is a summary?
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely placed words.
What is alliteration?
This term describes when the narrator reveals only what can be observed, without showing thoughts or feelings.
What is objective point of view?
Which sentence is written correctly?
A. Running across the field, the windmill was seen by Napoleon.
B. The windmill was seen by Napoleon running across the field.
C. Napoleon saw the windmill running across the field.
D. Running across the field, Napoleon saw the windmill.
d
How many paragraphs MUST your TDA be?
Identify what each paragraph should be.
What is five paragraphs?
This is the use of hints or clues about events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What is the difference between mood and tone?
mood- This term refers to the emotional atmosphere or feeling created in a text.
tone his is the author’s attitude toward a subject, often revealed through word choice.
A narrator describes a factory owner as “a brilliant and generous leader,” but ignores or minimizes details about the workers’ long hours and poor conditions. The narrator includes only positive examples of the owner’s actions.
This is an example of...
bias
After Napoleon called the dogs into the barn, he gave them orders and told them to attack Snowball, which surprised the animals because he had been arguing against violence earlier in the meeting.
What is the correct antecedent for the pronoun “he” in the sentence?
A. the dogs
B. Snowball
C. Napoleon
D. the animals
c
This is also called a "predicate."
What is a verb?