ELEMENTS A
The perspective from which a story is told.
POINT OF VIEW
Specific word choices that carry positive or negative connotations
Diction
The real estate agent described the vintage house as cozy, but the buyers quickly realized it was just cramped.
Explain the connotative meaning for the highlighted word.
House was actually small.
Which figurative language is used when one compares two things using cue words like "as" or "like"?
SIMILE
The Brothers Grimm are famous for their dark versions of the Disney fairytales we have today. Which of the following pieces is NOT a work of the Brothers Grimm?
A. Rapunzel
B. The Little Mermaid
C. Cinderella
D. Little Red Riding Hood
THE LITTLE MERMAID - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The concerete object, word, or image that stands for an abstract idea, which is on the other hand, called a referent.
SIGN
Which element of literature is being referred to when the guide question used is as follows: Who is the star of the story?
CHARACTERS
As discussed, what active sign and its particular referent is present in the story of Snow White?
POISONED APPLE - GREED AND CONTEMPT OF THE EVIL STEPMOTHER
Give an example of hyperbole.
Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
I will give you the moon and the stars.
This classic tale is part of the literary collection called "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights." It particularly tells a story of a street urchin who stumbles upon a magic oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, wisecracking, larger-than-life genie.
ALADDIN
This refers to the process by which an author reveals the personality, traits, and motivations of a character
CHARACTERIZATION
How do you differentiate a denotative and connotative meaning of a word?
Connotative - Deeper meaning or symbolism
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed
ABABCD
A part representing a whole.
SYNECDOCHE
He is the most famous Elizabethan author, also called the Bard of Avon, known for his works such as King Lear, Othello, and A Midsummer Night's Dream?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Enumerate the 4 different categories of Point of View.
First Person POV
Second Person POV
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Enumerate the four types of conflict in literature.
Man vs Self
Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
What POV is used in this excerpt?
He rolled the logs together, to underwater the flame. Lumnay looked at him from the darkened corner thinking of the days when they had expected hitches, when they had pulled together to clear the land. Awiyao did not look at her. He was also thinking of the past when they had started their life together in that house.
THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
What is the figurative language used when sounds are written just like how they are heard?
Spell the term correctly, or else you get no points!
_____________ by James Dashner is a dystopian sci-fi story about the teen boy Thomas who suddenly woke up one day in the Glade: a group of teens who are trapped in a mysterious, shifting labyrinth.
THE MAZE RUNNER
What do you call the dramatic structure or model that breaks stories into five key parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
Freytag's Pyramid
A character in a story can be either a flat or a round character. In what area or category do this difference apply?
DEPTH
What literary tone is highlighted in this excerpt from Invictus?
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
CONFIDENT OR COURAGEOUS
How is alliteration, assonance, and consonance different?
Alliteration - repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds
Assonance - repetition of vowel sound
Consonance - repetition of consonant sounds in different syllables within multiple words
The __________________ is a narrative poem by Dante Alighieri which is divided in to three parts: Paradiso, Purgatorio, and Inferno.
DIVINE COMEDY