Literary Terms
Essay
Sentence Editing/Revision
Double Jeopardy
Drama
100

The feeling of the reader

Mood

100

This is the minimum number of paragraphs needed in your essay.

4
100
These books, which was published in the late eighteenth century, are very valuable. a. books in the late eighteenth century b. books which were published c. books that was published
b. books which were published
100

The person who is the speaker in the poem.

Narrator

100

the conversation among characters in any kind of narrative,story, or play

Dialogue

200

My earrings leaped across the room

Personfication

200

These are the 2 things needed in a body paragraph.

Example or reason and evidence

200
Rewrite as one sentence: The novel is very powerful. It concerns the rights of women in the twentieth century.
The novel, which concerns the rights of women in the twentieth century, is very powerful.
200

He is a night owl

metaphor

200

A single person gives a long speech to the audience or another character on stage

Monologue

300
This shows how the writer feels.
Tone
300
This type of essay asks you to take a position or convince someone else to do something.
Persuasive essay
300
Working as a receptionist taught me to handle customer complaints, write memos, and answering the phone. a. to handle customer complaints and write memos, answering the telephone. b.how to handle customer complaints, write memos, and answer the phones.
b. how to handle customer complaints, write memos, and answer the phones.
300

Reference resource you are allowed to use on the EOC

dictionary

300

{Antigone exits left...}

Stage direction

400
This is the emotion or feeling attached to the word.
Connotation
400

This refutes your main argument.

Counter Argument/Rebuttal

400

Joe and bill went shopping at cross keys Mall.

Bill, Cross Keys Mall

400

Proof placed in quotation marks that supports your answer

text evidence

400

an introduction to the play

prologue

500
This is the message or what the author wants the reader to learn from the passage or story.
Theme
500

These are needed in an introductory paragraph.

Position Statement/Thesis

500

Rewrite as one sentence: Mary could feel a cavity developing in one of her teeth. She refused to go to a dentist.

Mary could feel a cavity developing in one of her teeth, but she refused to go to the dentist.

500

When one tries to "read between the lines" and make connections between what they have read and prior knowledge

Inference

500

a literary device that represents the struggle between two sides

conflict

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