Fig. Lang.
A type of comparison using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
Often referred to in a _______ vs. _________ format.
Bonus: List the 6 most common types
What is conflict?
Bonus: What is character vs. self, character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. supernatural, character vs. technology, and character vs. society.
Information is presented as a hierarchy starting with the most significant information and progressing to the less essential details.
May include words like: "Most importantly..." "The main idea is..." "The key point is..."
What is order of importance?
The main character in the story; the one the reader is supposed to root for and sympathize with.
Bonus: the opposite of above; the character that actively works against the main character.
What is the protagonist?
Bonus: what is the antagonist?
A statement formatted as a question that doesn't require a response. Its purpose is to make a point, draw attention, or create a specific effect rather than to solicit an answer.
Ex: "How many times do I have to tell you not to eat my dessert?"
What is a rhetorical question?
What type of figurative language is this?
"The tree reached into the sunlight."
"The sun smiled down at me."
What is personification?
An author may do this to create an effect such as mystery, tension, or surprise within their story.
(several possible answers)
What is change the order in which events or ideas are presented to the reader, speed up or slow down the pacing, include flashbacks, or make the story have parallel plots?
Information is presented in a way that highlights the similarities and differences between the two main focuses of the passage.
May include words like: "While _______ did 'x' ________ did 'y'..." "In contrast"
What is compare and contrast?
Supporting characters who play a significant role but are not the central focus, often acting as foils, advisors, or companions to the main characters.
Who are secondary characters?
The deliberate use of repeating sounds, words, phrases, or entire lines to create a specific effect.
Ex: "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim."
"Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever they's a cop beaten' up a guy, I'll be there...I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'—I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they know supper's ready. An' when our folk eat the stuff they raise n'live in the houses they build—why, I'll be there."
What is repetition?
An EXTREME exaggeration.
Ex: "My bag weighs a ton."
What is a hyperbole?
The atmosphere or feeling created for the reader by a piece of writing. It's the overall emotional response a reader experiences while reading.
What is mood?
Information is presented in a step-by-step fashion.
May include words like: "first," "next," "then," "finally."
What is sequential order?
A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.
What is characterization?
A literary device that compares two different concepts or ideas to establish a relationship between them. This comparison helps to explain a new or complex idea by relating it to something the reader already understands.
Ex: "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called."
"Every choice you make is like spinning the wheel of fortune—sometimes you will get the result that you desire, while other times you will end up with something you always hoped to avoid."
What is an analogy?
A way of comparing two seemingly unrelated things.
Ex: "The world is a stage."
What is a metaphor?
The author's attitude towards the subject matter, characters, and audience.
What is tone?
Information is presented in the order in which it occurred on a timeline.
May include words like: "First," "Then," "Next," "Last."
What is chronological order?
The author reveals traits about the character through their thoughts, actions, dialogue, and interactions with others.
What is indirect characterization?
A stylistic device where similar grammatical structures or phrases are used to express related ideas, creating a sense of rhythm, balance, and emphasis; two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure.
HINT: not repetition
Ex: "I came, I saw, I conquered"
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."
What is parallelism?
When the author makes a reference to a historical event, other piece of famous literature, or pop culture.
What is an allusion?
The message or moral of the story; what the author wants you to learn about the topic.
Provide an example and an explanation
What is theme?
Information is presented in a way that demonstrates how one concept is the direct result of another.
May include words like: "As a result..." "Due to..." "Consequently..."
What is cause and effect?
Ways a character can affect the plot.
(Multiple acceptable answers)
What is choices they make, conversations they have, their personality, their flaws, etc.?
A framework used to understand and analyze persuasive communication, including in literature. It highlights the importance of credibility, emotion, and logic in effective persuasion.
What is the rhetorical triangle (ethos, pathos, logos)?