FICTION
a secondary character who contrasts with the protagonists in order to highlight aspect of the main character's personality
Example: Batman and Robin
WHAT IS CHARACTER FOIL?
an exaggerated statement
What is overstatement?
the lines spoken between characters in fiction or plays in which plot, character, and other elements are established
What is dialogue?
a type of informational text that clarifies or explains something
What is expository text?
the authors way of thinking or feeling about the subject
What is authors attitude?
the central or universal idea of a piece of fiction or the central idea of a nonfiction essay
What is theme?
a rhetorical technique , often incorporating irony or humor, in which something is represented as less than it is
What is understatement
an instruction written into,or added to, the script of a play, directing actors movement
What is stage directions?
the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing
What is controlling idea?
words presented with the aim of persuading thought or action
What is argument?
the pattern or arrangement of ideas in various genres of writing.
example: problem solution
chronological order
cause and effect
What is structure?
to give particular attention to
What is emphasize?
a dramatic convention in which a speech is given by a character while, or as if, alone;literally talking to oneself
What is soliloquy?
specific details or facts found in a text that support what is inferred
What is textual evidence?
something the author states as true although not proven to be;assert;contend
What is author's claim?
narrative aspects including setting, characters, plot, point of view and theme
What are elements of fiction?
a reference within a literary work to another work of literature, art or real events; the reference is brief and implied
What is analogy?
type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content
What is genre?
a topic + statement= ________
the subject or theme supported by argument. what you are writing about
main point
What is a thesis statement?
flawed ideas that emerge when a reader pieces information together solely by inference and fails to consider other possible interruptions
What is false assumption?
a literary technique used to create meaning that seems to contradict the literal of events
*What is irony?
a person who writes poems or verses
What is poet?
to give attention to
What is emphasize?
the authors reason for composing a text
What is authors purpose?
present time news events
What is current events?