Literary Elements
This is the term for the central message or lesson the author conveys through the text.
What is the theme?
The process of determining the meaning of an unfamiliar word using context clues is called this.
What is context clue strategy?
This part of a story introduces the main characters, setting, and basic conflict.
What is the exposition?
When an author tells a story from one character’s perspective, using "I" or "we," it’s called this type of point of view.
What is first-person point of view?
This is the use of specific details from the text to support an argument or claim.
What is textual evidence?
This is the character who opposes the main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
This term refers to words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
The events that lead up to the climax of a story are called this.
What is the rising action?
This term refers to the way an author reveals a character’s personality and traits through actions, speech, and thoughts.
What is characterization?
This literary device involves exaggerating something for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
The time and place where a story occurs is called this.
What is the setting?
A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word is called this.
What are synonyms?
This is the turning point of the story, where the main conflict is confronted.
What is the climax?
The author’s attitude or feeling toward the subject matter is called this.
What is tone?
This term refers to when an author hints or suggests what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This type of conflict involves a struggle between a character and an outside force, such as nature, society, or another character.
What is external conflict?
The use of a word or phrase that is symbolic, often representing something deeper than its literal meaning, is called this.
What is figurative language?
This is the final part of a story where loose ends are tied up and the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution or denouement?
This is the reason an author writes to inform the reader about a topic or subject.
What is the purpose to inform?
This type of reasoning involves considering an author’s bias or viewpoint and how it affects the message of the text.
What is critical reading or analysis?
This type of narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story.
What is omniscient point of view?
This is the act of figuring out the meaning of a word based on its root, prefixes, and suffixes.
What is morphology?
When an author organizes their text by comparing and contrasting two ideas, they are using this type of text structure.
What is compare and contrast?
When an author writes to persuade the reader to take action or agree with a certain viewpoint, they are using this purpose.
What is the purpose to persuade?
In this type of analysis, you examine the relationship between a text and its historical, social, or cultural context.
What is historical or contextual analysis?