Literary Terms 1
The hints an author gives about what is going to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So are this type of conjuctions.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Setting reveals what two things?
What is time and place?
A traditional story used to explain natural phenomena, rituals, and ceremonies.
What is a myth?
The attitude of the writer towards their subject.
What is tone?
the author shows/describes to the reader what the character is like
What is indirect characterization?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
Using statistics or data in an argument is this kind of rhetorical appeal. (Persuasion)
What is logos?
The overall emotion felt by the reader when reading a story.
What is mood?
What part of speech is "quickly"?
What is an adverb?
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character in a story
What is third person limited pov
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters in a story.
What is third person omniscient?
In English grammar,_____ _____ is the repetition of the same grammatical form in two or more parts of a sentence. Not correct- I like to jog, bake, paint, and watching movies. correct-I like to jog, bake, paint, and watch movies
What is parallel structure?
A figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object.
What is allusion?
Literary element that is the opposite of what is expected, but the reader knows more than the characters.
What is dramatic irony?
Part of the plot in which complications and plot twists lead up to the climax.
What is Rising Action?
Refers to the order in which words are placed
What is syntax?