Reading 10th Grade
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is First Person
Adjective does what?
describes a verb
Comparison without using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
When a writer creates and develops character personalities
What is characterization?
What do we call the act of comparing and contrasting themes across different texts?
Comparative Literature
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
What is Third Person?
An author composes a speech aimed at getting an investor to give a large amount of money to create an app, what would be the authors purpose with that speech?
Persuade
Calling something to mind without mentioning it.
Usually something of historical or literary importance
An indirect reference.
What is an allusion?
What is the message about life or human nature in a story?
What is theme?
The philosophy defined by accepting that nothing has value or meaning.
Nihilism
The author's feelings in a piece of writing
What is tone?
Regional saying that is oftentimes completely metaphorical and/or reliant on regional awareness to understand?
Idiom
Giving an inanimate object or item a sense of being alive.
What is personification?
The reason behind an author writing a piece of literature or prose
What is author's purpose?
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Ethos
What is typically the purpose behind a text written for a school setting?
Inform
Words used to describe a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
The most important concepts the writer wants readers to understand
What is main ideas?
Post-WW2 American literature, especially poetry, is largely categorized by a rejection of?
Standard rules of form and structure
Two most important factions in Marxism ?
Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
What is Adjective?
What are the three types of irony?
Verbal, dramatic, and situational
What is a stanza?
What is a group of lines forming the basic, repeating unit in a poem?
Type of novel composed of letters, emails, texts, or other forms of nonfiction correspondence